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Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3, Manual

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The Snare panel in the Plug-in Strip.

As with every Drumsynth, the engine can be selected via the 

Engine

 selector on the 

Main

 page.

Each engine has a different character and set of parameters, as detailed in the following sec-
tions.
The Snare provides following engines:

▪

Volt (default): 

↑

10.3.1, Snare – Volt

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Bit: 

↑

10.3.2, Snare – Bit

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Pow: 

↑

10.3.3, Snare – Pow

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Sharp: 

↑

10.3.4, Snare – Sharp

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Airy: 

↑

10.3.5, Snare – Airy

Using the Drumsynths

The Snares

 

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Summary of Contents for MASCHINE MK3

Page 1: ...MASCHINE MK3 MANUAL...

Page 2: ...erred to as Native Instruments Native Instruments NI and associated logos are registered trademarks of Native Instru ments GmbH ASIO VST HALion and Cubase are registered trademarks of Steinberg Media...

Page 3: ...et Boulevard 5th Floor Los Angeles CA 90028 USA www native instruments com NATIVE INSTRUMENTS K K YO Building 3F Jingumae 6 7 15 Shibuya ku Tokyo 150 0001 Japan www native instruments co jp NATIVE INS...

Page 4: ...Hiding the Control Lane 34 2 3 Common Operations 35 2 3 1 Using the 4 Directional Push Encoder 35 2 3 2 Pinning a Mode on the Controller 36 2 3 3 Undo Redo 37 2 3 4 List Overlay for Selectors 39 2 3...

Page 5: ...ry Page 77 2 6 6 Preferences Plug ins Page 85 2 6 7 Preferences Hardware Page 90 2 6 8 Preferences Colors Page 93 2 7 Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup 96 2 7 1 Connecting External MIDI Equipment...

Page 6: ...121 3 2 4 Selecting a File Type 122 3 2 5 Choosing Between Factory and User Content 123 3 2 6 Selecting Type and Mode Tags 124 3 2 7 List and Tag Overlays in the Browser 129 3 2 8 Performing a Text S...

Page 7: ...rowse 167 4 Managing Sounds Groups and Your Project 171 4 1 Overview of the Sounds Groups and Master 171 4 1 1 The Sound Group and Master Channels 172 4 1 2 Similarities and Differences in Handling So...

Page 8: ...4 4 3 Exporting Audio 210 4 5 Importing Third Party File Formats 217 4 5 1 Loading REX Files into Sound Slots 217 4 5 2 Importing MPC Programs to Groups 217 5 Playing on the Controller 221 5 1 Adjusti...

Page 9: ...Note Repeat Arp Output 261 5 6 Using Lock Snapshots 262 5 6 1 Creating a Lock Snapshot 262 5 6 2 Using Extended Lock 263 5 6 3 Updating a Lock Snapshot 263 5 6 4 Recalling a Lock Snapshot 264 5 6 5 M...

Page 10: ...9 2 Recalling Plug in Presets 291 6 1 9 3 Removing a Default Plug in Preset 291 6 2 The Sampler Plug in 292 6 2 1 Page 1 Voice Settings Engine 294 6 2 2 Page 2 Pitch Envelope 295 6 2 3 Page 3 FX Filte...

Page 11: ...341 7 2 1 Recording Your Patterns Live 341 7 2 2 The Record Prepare Mode 344 7 2 3 Using the Metronome 345 7 2 4 Recording with Count in 347 7 2 5 Quantizing while Recording 348 7 3 Recording Patterns...

Page 12: ...7 2 Selecting Patterns and Pattern Banks 399 7 7 3 Creating Patterns 401 7 7 4 Deleting Patterns 403 7 7 5 Creating and Deleting Pattern Banks 404 7 7 6 Naming Patterns 406 7 7 7 Changing the Pattern...

Page 13: ...electing VST AU Plug in Presets via MIDI Program Change 470 8 2 5 Sending MIDI from Sounds 470 8 3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls 475 8 3 1 Macro Control Overview 476 8 3 2...

Page 14: ...ting Your Channels in Mix Mode 517 9 5 2 Adjusting the Level and Pan in Mix Mode 518 9 5 3 Mute and Solo in Mix Mode 519 9 5 4 Plug in Icons in Mix Mode 520 10 Using the Drumsynths 521 10 1 Drumsynths...

Page 15: ...Vintage 556 10 3 7 Snare Chrome 558 10 3 8 Snare Iron 560 10 3 9 Snare Clap 562 10 3 10 Snare Breaker 564 10 4 The Hi hats 566 10 4 1 Hi hat Silver 567 10 4 2 Hi hat Circuit 569 10 4 3 Hi hat Memory...

Page 16: ...the Master 610 12 1 1 Adding an Effect 610 12 1 2 Other Operations on Effects 619 12 1 3 Using the Side Chain Input 621 12 2 Applying Effects to External Audio 624 12 2 1 Step 1 Configure MASCHINE Au...

Page 17: ...Filter 664 13 2 3 Cabinet 668 13 3 Modulation Effects 670 13 3 1 Chorus 670 13 3 2 Flanger 671 13 3 3 FM 673 13 3 4 Freq Shifter 675 13 3 5 Phaser 676 13 4 Spatial and Reverb Effects 679 13 4 1 Ice 67...

Page 18: ...710 13 7 1 Filter 711 13 7 2 Flanger 713 13 7 3 Burst Echo 715 13 7 4 Reso Echo 718 13 7 5 Ring 721 13 7 6 Stutter 723 13 7 7 Tremolo 726 13 7 8 Scratcher 728 14 Working with the Arranger 731 14 1 Ar...

Page 19: ...4 3 Using Arranger View 753 14 3 1 Section Management Overview 753 14 3 2 Creating Sections 755 14 3 3 Assigning a Scene to a Section 755 14 3 4 Selecting Sections and Section Banks 756 14 3 5 Reorgan...

Page 20: ...and Sample Mapping 783 15 1 Opening the Sample Editor 783 15 2 Recording a Sample 784 15 2 1 Opening the Record Page 784 15 2 2 Selecting the Source and the Recording Mode 785 15 2 3 Arming Starting...

Page 21: ...ng Live 857 16 1 Preparations 857 16 1 1 Focus on the Hardware 857 16 1 2 Customize the Pads of the Hardware 857 16 1 3 Check Your CPU Power Before Playing 857 16 1 4 Name and Color Your Groups Patter...

Page 22: ...Samples 860 16 3 3 Using Loops to Cycle Through Samples 860 16 3 4 Load Long Audio Files and Play with the Start Point 860 17 Troubleshooting 861 17 1 Knowledge Base 861 17 2 Technical Support 861 17...

Page 23: ...g without ever having to stop the music Since you can integrate it into any sequencer that supports VST AU or AAX plug ins you can reap the benefits in almost any software setup or use it as a stand a...

Page 24: ...ossible by the Controller Editor software an application that allows you to precisely define all MIDI assignments for your MASCHINE controller The Controller Editor was installed during the MASCHINE i...

Page 25: ...he icons introducing the following notes let you see what kind of information can be expected The speech bubble icon indicates a useful tip that may often help you to solve a task more efficiently The...

Page 26: ...tation we will refer to MASCHINE controller or just controller as the hardware controller and MASCHINE software as the software installed on your computer The term effect will sometimes be abbreviated...

Page 27: ...s under the displays are written Knob 1 to Knob 8 E g whenever you see an instruction such as Press Button 2 to open the EDIT page you ll know it s the second button from the left above the displays 1...

Page 28: ...owser The Browser is the front end for accessing all the elements of your MASCHINE Projects Projects Groups Sounds instruments and effect presets and Samples Each of these can be stored and tagged in...

Page 29: ...und a Group can have its own insert effect These affect all the Sounds in the Group A Group can also contain any number of Patterns grouped into banks of 16 Patterns each Re fer to chapter 4 Managing...

Page 30: ...t only Keyboard view Events are described in more detail in chapter 7 Working with Patterns Plug in Each Sound each Group and the Master can hold any number of Plug ins Plug ins can be instruments or...

Page 31: ...user interface is very flexible You can choose what to display and what not allowing you to focus on your workflow This section shows you how to adjust the MA SCHINE GUI to suit your needs 2 2 1 Adjus...

Page 32: ...ch between the Ideas view and the Arranger view using the Arranger View button The Arranger View button in the top left corner Click the Arranger View button to toggle between the Ideas view and Arran...

Page 33: ...he Header to show and hide the Browser You can also select Browser from the View menu in the Application Menu Bar or from the View submenu in the MASCHINE menu The Browser button in the Header You can...

Page 34: ...ne When MASCHINE is in Arrange view you can show hide the Control Lane under the Pattern Editor Click the arrow button on the bottom left of the Pattern Editor to show and hide the Con trol Lane Basic...

Page 35: ...e 4 Directional Push Encoder referred to as the Encoder combines the functionalities of a conventional joystick of a button and of a continuous encoder These aspects make it into a multi functional co...

Page 36: ...uttons Depending on their purpose and workflow these controller modes are of two types Temporary modes only stay active as long as you hold down their button on the controller When you release the but...

Page 37: ...tton Instead of using Button 1 press SHIFT AUTO to pin the AUTO mode Moreover when you leave this mode it is automatically unpinned it will be temporary again next time you press AUTO MACRO button Ins...

Page 38: ...Undo Suppose you have just recorded a 16th note hi hat beat over four bars but then decide to can cel it Normally you would have to cancel the 64 notes one at a time repeatedly calling the undo functi...

Page 39: ...ing situations Recording in Control mode Recording in Step mode Recording modulation Outside of these three situations Take Undo has the same effect as Step Undo see above 2 3 4 List Overlay for Selec...

Page 40: ...displayed as long as you touch or turn the corresponding Knob When you release the Knob the list disappears after a short delay Only one list can be displayed at a time If you actuate two or more Knob...

Page 41: ...eed to put it in focus Setting the focus on a Sound or Group is slightly different than selecting it The focus defines what will be displayed whereas the selection defines what will be affected by you...

Page 42: ...p To put a Group in focus click this Group in the Group List of the Arranger The focused Group is highlighted The Pattern Editor displays the Sounds and Patterns of that Group Basic Concepts Common Op...

Page 43: ...hile hovering the Arranger to display any hidden Groups You can also extend the Arranger by dragging its lower right corner verti cally with the mouse You can also select multiple Groups at once to ap...

Page 44: ...anger see above The focused Group is highlighted The Pattern Editor displays the Sounds and Patterns of that Group 2 Click the desired Sound slot in the Sound List of the Pattern Editor The focused So...

Page 45: ...focused Group and the last focused Sound in that Group See section 2 3 7 Switching Between the Master Group and Sound Level for more information Setting the Focus on a Sound using the Hardware 1 If y...

Page 46: ...est of the Control area displays the Plug in parameters and Channel properties of the Master the focused Group or the focused Sound respectively Switching Between the Master Group and Sound Level usin...

Page 47: ...a Sound 2 In the top left corner of the Control area click the MASTER GROUP or SOUND tab to display the parameters of the Master the focused Group or the focused Sound respec tively The Control area n...

Page 48: ...meters of the selected Plug in appear in the Parameter area the right and big gest part of the Control area If the Plug in List only shows a sign it means that there are no Plug ins loaded in this Sou...

Page 49: ...he Sound s Output properties Audio currently displayed Aux and MIDI If all page names cannot be displayed at once at the top of the Parameter area two small ar rows are displayed on the left to click...

Page 50: ...r see section 2 3 6 Focusing on a Group or a Sound 2 At the top left of your controller press the CHANNEL button to display the Channel prop erties or the PLUG IN button to display the Plug in slots o...

Page 51: ...current page the corresponding Page button will be half lit on your controller 6 Use Knobs 1 8 under the displays to adjust the value of the parameters available on the selected page For continuous p...

Page 52: ...t display along with the corresponding pads 6 Upon your selection the corresponding pad turns fully lit and the page name is highlight ed on the right display 7 If there are more than 16 Parameter pag...

Page 53: ...on your controller is in Page Navigation mode The Software Navigation mode allows you to customize the user interface of the MASCHINE software by showing or hiding specific parts of the interface and...

Page 54: ...ls or Plug ins for the select ed Sound To access each Channel or Plug in for the selected Sound press Buttons 5 and 6 After selecting a Plug in the available pages are displayed in the software and on...

Page 55: ...ected to any MASCHINE software instance can be used in MIDI mode i e as a MIDI controller at the same time as the other controller s See the Con troller Editor Manual for more information on MIDI mode...

Page 56: ...ite mode by pressing and holding AUTO and then turn the Knobs 1 8 to adjust parameters For more information please refer to section 7 5 2 Recording Modulation Enabled by default the Touch Auto write o...

Page 57: ...the Preferences panel To access the Touch Sensitive Knobs section in the Hardware page your MASCHINE controller must be connected to your computer and controlling the MASCHINE instance Moreover if a K...

Page 58: ...Standard NKS is a software instrument format that allows third party develop ers to integrate with MASCHINE and KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware and software at the same deep level as KOMPLETE Instruments Th...

Page 59: ...ASCHINE software 2 In the File menu click on Manage Products Native Access opens showing all installed products 3 Click on Add a serial in the top left corner of Native Access 4 Enter the serial numbe...

Page 60: ...time signature of your Project within the MASCHINE plug in itself these are synchonized to your host s own transport functions and tempo settings As a direct consequence when MASCHINE is used as a plu...

Page 61: ...lication please refer to its documentation Multiple Plug in Instances When you are using MASCHINE as a plug in within a host application you can open multiple MASCHINE instances Actually you can load...

Page 62: ...nt instances of the MASCHINE software possibly with one in stance in stand alone mode In doing so the following applies Only one MASCHINE controller of any type can be connected to an instance at a ti...

Page 63: ...he Application Menu Bar Windows depicted and in the File submenu of the MA SCHINE menu The following pages are available in the Preferences panel General see 2 6 1 Preferences General Page Audio see 2...

Page 64: ...e 2 6 1 Preferences General Page The General page holds a few global settings To display the General page click the General tab on the left of the Preferences panel The Preferences General page Basic...

Page 65: ...CPU your audio interface your MIDI interface and the Latency value you selected in the Audio and MIDI Settings panel you may experience a lack of synchronization between MASCHINE and the external MIDI...

Page 66: ...me by clicking the Metronome button in the MASCHINE Header see section 7 2 3 Using the Metronome Auto Enable when Recording Auto Enable option automatically turns on the metronome when you start recor...

Page 67: ...tion applied while recording When recording all events are quantized to the closest step possibly ahead of the event When playing on the other hand events occurring in the first half of the steps are...

Page 68: ...the General page of the Preferences by clicking Preferences in the Maschine menu MacOS or File menu Windows of the Application Menu Bar or in the File sub menu of the MASCHINE menu 2 Click the Allow u...

Page 69: ...the Native Instru ments website The Routing section allows you to configure the connections between the virtual inputs outputs of MASCHINE and the physical inputs outputs of your audio interface To d...

Page 70: ...er allows you to adjust the latency of your audio interface in samples Lower values result in a more immediate playing response but are heavier on both the CPU and the audio driver and may result in a...

Page 71: ...ed when sampling external sources for example Outputs By clicking Outputs you will be presented with a list of the 16 stereo outputs from MASCHINE In the right column you can assign them to the output...

Page 72: ...The Preferences MIDI page Basic Concepts Preferences MASCHINE Manual 72...

Page 73: ...h as a drum machine another groovebox or sequencer or even another software sequencer Please note that the Slave Receive Clock option is not available when LINK is active For more information on Link...

Page 74: ...clicking the fields in the Status column which displays the current status of the corresponding port If you want MASCHINE to send other MIDI messages than MIDI Clock in particular if you want to contr...

Page 75: ...The Preferences Default page Basic Concepts Preferences MASCHINE Manual 75...

Page 76: ...io Workstation The field displays the location of the Template Project selected for use Click the folder icon to select another Template Project Any Project file can be used as a template this can be...

Page 77: ...ed Click the check box to enable Link when duplicating Sections Pattern Length Bars Here you can define the default length of new Patterns The length is measured in bars beats 16ths To adjust the valu...

Page 78: ...w you to switch between the Factory pane and the User pane Factory Pane To display the Factory pane click the Factory button at the top of the Library page The Preferences panel the Library page s Fac...

Page 79: ...each library If you have moved any library to another location on your computer click the folder icon on the left of that library and select its new path Product column Shows the name of each product...

Page 80: ...ows all user libraries currently used These include MASCHINE s standard user directory as well as any other user directory you might have defined These libraries will appear in the User view of the Br...

Page 81: ...ve the selected user library Files will only be removed from the MASCHINE Browser not from your hard disk Rescan button If you have made any change to a library e g added removed files select it in th...

Page 82: ...he Library page of the Preferences panel the Rescan button allows you to rescan the se lected library or all your libraries if none is selected so that the MASCHINE Browser mirrors any changes you hav...

Page 83: ...rt of files into the MASCHINE Library via the FILES pane of the Browser or via the Library page of the Preferences panel nor the process of applying changes to the file tags and proper ties via the At...

Page 84: ...he folder you have selected If Samples reside in a subfolder of this folder the subfolder name will be used as bank If Samples reside in a subfolder of this subfolder the name of the lower subfolder w...

Page 85: ...e the Manager and Locations buttons allow you to switch between the Manager pane and the Locations pane Manager Pane To display the Manager pane click the Manager button at the top of the Plug ins pag...

Page 86: ...The Preferences panel the Plug ins page s Manager pane Basic Concepts Preferences MASCHINE Manual 86...

Page 87: ...ters of this plug in will be auto mapped when loading it into a plug in slot To remove a default plug in preset click the little cross on the right Rescan button If you have changed the content of any...

Page 88: ...nd are available for loading in MASCHINE In order to distinguish them from the VST versions Plug in entries in the Native Instruments submenu of the Plug in menus and in the Plug in Browser will displ...

Page 89: ...the following controls Element Description Plug in column Lists all plug in directories used in MASCHINE Click the folder icon on the left of an entry to change the path of that plug in directory Add...

Page 90: ...plug ins and allow you to automatically detect plug ins that are added or removed or disable any plug ins that are not working correctly for any reason 2 6 7 Preferences Hardware Page The Hardware pa...

Page 91: ...The Preferences panel Hardware page Basic Concepts Preferences MASCHINE Manual 91...

Page 92: ...ond to your touch This sets the minimum threshold at which the MASCHINE controller will register a hit Velocity Scaling Velocity Scaling determines how your playing is translated into velocity values...

Page 93: ...ger on a parameter Knob 1 8 The current modulation value is recorded as long as you touch the Knob automatically replacing any old modulation events at the position in the Pattern For more information...

Page 94: ...The Preferences panel Colors page Basic Concepts Preferences MASCHINE Manual 94...

Page 95: ...ith your MASCHINE files Projects Groups Sounds etc If you uncheck Load with Colors checked by default the saved colors won t be used next time you load the files the loaded files will use the default...

Page 96: ...r Sounds and Groups react to incoming MIDI data and send MIDI data to the desired port More on these in section 8 2 Using MIDI Control and Host Automa tion You can also switch Scenes remotely by sendi...

Page 97: ...e MASCHINE as a plug in it is automatically synced to the host application so you don t have to activate external MIDI sync See section 2 5 Stand Alone and Plug in Mode for more information on using M...

Page 98: ...5 Stand Alone and Plug in Mode for more information on using MASCHINE as a plug in To configure MASCHINE to receive MIDI Clock from an external device 1 Select Preferences entry from the File menu 2 S...

Page 99: ...ensure maximum security and reliability while using Link there are several things you may want to consider For reliability connect to the local network using a router via an Ethernet cable If you do u...

Page 100: ...ting Link session or begin a new session 2 Start MASCHINE s playback by clicking the play button MASCHINE s playback is now synchronized with the Link timeline 3 To stop using Link and leave the sessi...

Page 101: ...is equivalent to the REC button on your controller and the Record button in the software s Header The PEDAL socket can also be configured to send Continuous MIDI CC messages in the Preferences of the...

Page 102: ...S Allows you to save the current Project with an alternative name SAVE COPY Quickly allows you save a copy of the current Project with a numerical iteration automatically added to the file name RECENT...

Page 103: ...ASCHINE EXPANSIONS or other Native Instruments products as well as your own user content To help you find the right file quickly and efficiently the Library implements various techni ques that go far...

Page 104: ...ribed in the next section The Browser provides two operation modes each of them providing its own tools The LIBRARY pane allows you to browse the MASCHINE Library This is the preferred way to search f...

Page 105: ...Importing Files from Your File System 3 2 Searching and Loading Files from the Library The Browser s LIBRARY pane allows you to search for any file in the MASCHINE Library To display the LIBRARY pane...

Page 106: ...representing the different files types of MA SCHINE From the left to right the file types are Project Group Sound Instrument preset Ef fect preset and Sample By clicking one of them it causes only the...

Page 107: ...Result list The Result list displays all files that match your query as specified via the vari ous tools above See section 3 2 9 Loading a File from the Result List 9 Control bar At the bottom of the...

Page 108: ...be useful to further refine your search and limit the number of search results to a reasonable amount 1 Choose a product category or a product in the Product selector 4 If you have selected a product...

Page 109: ...il in the following sections In addition on your controller you will find most of the browsing aids available in the software as described in section 3 3 Additional Browsing Tools Make sure you tag al...

Page 110: ...Selecting or Loading a Product and Selecting a Bank from the Browser The Product selector allows you to limit your search to a certain product category a particular product or a specific bank of the...

Page 111: ...it shows a generic label All Instruments Click on the header to close the Product selector 2 Category Vendor selector Allows you to sort the Product list by Category or by Vendor 3 Product list Shows...

Page 112: ...ucts are shown in the Product selector only if the Library contains files for them If a particular product does not show up make sure that you have installed the latest up dates using Service Center R...

Page 113: ...ar bank of files for the selected product POLY PLEX in the picture above Banks can be additional Libraries for example MASSIVE Expansions different versions of the original Factory Library for example...

Page 114: ...narrow their content accordingly As with the product selection you can remove the selected bank by clicking the little cross next to the bank name in the closed menu Loading a Product from the Produc...

Page 115: ...r 1 Press BROWSER to show the Browser 2 Press Button 2 to select a product The Browser now only displays instrument or effect plug in presets depending on your choice 3 Press and hold SHIFT to access...

Page 116: ...selecting a category and product the list of available presets appear on the right hand display 7 Turn the 4 D encoder or Knob 8 to select a preset 8 Press the 4 D encoder or Button 8 to load the sele...

Page 117: ...Category Click the Product selector to open it The Product selector opens up and displays the following 1 2 3 The opened Product selector for Instrument presets Browser Searching and Loading Files fro...

Page 118: ...which files are available in the MASCHINE Library Click the desired product in the list Upon your selection the Product selector automatically closes the product name and icon appear in the header and...

Page 119: ...ample The tag filter and the Result list under the Product selector now include files for all products Selecting a Bank and a Sub Bank When you select specific products in the Product list see descrip...

Page 120: ...some banks are split into several sub banks In that case a Sub Bank menu appears under the Bank menu and allows you to select a particular sub bank For example in the pic ture below the Grain Delay su...

Page 121: ...U plug in and the bank is set to the particular VST AU plug in for which the preset has been saved The sub bank is left empty In addition the preset is assigned to the Ex ternal Plug ins product categ...

Page 122: ...tically scrolls to show the selected product You can also use the Page buttons to just see the other products available Press the Page buttons to scroll the products in the left display without changi...

Page 123: ...the top left of the left display press Button 1 or 2 to select the desired file type PROJECTS GROUPS SOUNDS INSTRUMENTS EFFECTS or SAMPLES 3 2 5 Choosing Between Factory and User Content The Content s...

Page 124: ...ghlighted or the factory content button off and USER label not highlighted 3 2 6 Selecting Type and Mode Tags The tag filter that appears under the Product selector allows you to search for files acco...

Page 125: ...le Imagine that you are looking for a shaker Sample from the MASCHINE factory library You have already selected the Maschine product in the Product selector and the Maschine 2 0 Library bank of this p...

Page 126: ...Tom the whole set of Sub Types underneath third level will be re placed with the Sub Types of the Tom tag However insofar as possible your previous se lection will be retained In our example both the...

Page 127: ...ins both the Type and Mode tags that you have selected the Type tags will prevail and the Mode tags will be deselected If you don t select any tag in the TYPES or the MODES filter the Result list will...

Page 128: ...shown depending on the amount of space available Click the triangle again to reopen the sections Highlighted triangle next to the Attributes TYPES and MODES 3 2 6 1 Selecting Type and Mode Tags on the...

Page 129: ...st and Tag Overlays in the Browser When browsing your Library from the controller the touch sensitive Knobs 1 8 provide you with handy browsing aids For general information on how to use the Browse mo...

Page 130: ...a Knobs 5 7 under the right display a tag cloud appears above This tag cloud mirrors that of the Browser in the software It shows all tags for which items have been found in the Library In this cloud...

Page 131: ...want to search for a combination of two words e g bass and analog just enter both words in the Search field with a space in be tween As you start typing the list of matches will start narrowing in the...

Page 132: ...Delete the selected file s from your hard disk and from the Library Navigate to the selected file s in your operating system See and possibly edit the attributes of the selected file s by clicking the...

Page 133: ...ing a new Project without saving the old one If it is a Group it will be loaded into the Group currently in focus If it is a Sound it will be loaded into the Sound slot currently in focus If it is an...

Page 134: ...ears the dropped Groups will be inserted between these two Groups If you drop the Groups onto an existing Group the dropped Groups will replace that Group and the following ones If you drop the Groups...

Page 135: ...llowing ones When dragging several Samples you have following options If you drop the Samples onto an existing Group onto the at the end of the Group List or onto the Sound List you have the same opti...

Page 136: ...the context menu Navigating to the Files in Your Operating System If you want to find out the location of a particular file shown in the Result list do the follow ing Right click Ctrl click on macOS a...

Page 137: ...r Sound slot or into the selected Plug in slot replacing any content currently in that location This allows you to listen to this item in context with the rest of your Project while it is playing Auto...

Page 138: ...esets as you select them in the Result list of the LIBRARY pane or FILES pane Drag the Prehear Volume slider next to the Prehear button to adjust the volume of the Instrument presets you are pre liste...

Page 139: ...reset is played back and the previous Instrument pre set stops playing Button 5 PREV and 6 NEXT do not automatically load the Instrument preset they select as they usually do see section 3 3 1 Loading...

Page 140: ...e Prehear function When Prehear is enabled The Sample selected in the result list can be triggered from the pad of the focused Sound or from any pad without being loaded into that Sound Pressing any o...

Page 141: ...allows you to load another set of Sounds while keeping your current Patterns Notably this can be very useful to try another drum kit with your current Patterns PATTERNS is only available when browsing...

Page 142: ...next to the EDIT button in the right part of the Control bar to display information on the file s selected in the Result list A box appears above with various information on the selected file s File F...

Page 143: ...match all other selected filters including the search query en tered into the search field Favorites are available for both the factory content and the user content Here are some important notes regar...

Page 144: ...The MASCHINE Browser showing all Favorite Instruments tagged with the Type Bass To activate the Favorites filter Browser Using Favorites in the Browser MASCHINE Manual 144...

Page 145: ...now lit and the results list shows all Favorites that match the selected search criteria Adding an Item to the Favorites List To add an item to the Favorites follow the instructions below 1 Place the...

Page 146: ...o its name You can add any item in the results list to the Favorites no matter if it is selected or not The Set Favorites icon will appear as soon as you place the mouse cursor over the entry Removing...

Page 147: ...he item will not be shown in the results list Using Favorites with the Controller You can view and add Favorites directly using your controller This lets you access your most frequently used items wit...

Page 148: ...riteria Adding an Item to the Favorites To add an item to the Favorites using follow the instructions below 1 Press the BROWSER button 2 Press Button 1 or 2 to select the type of item you want to set...

Page 149: ...The Attribute Editor allows you to assign or edit tags and properties to your MASCHINE files to make it easier to find them later when browsing the MASCHINE Library in the LIBRARY pane see section 3 2...

Page 150: ...Files from Your File System for more information on the FILES pane The Attribute Editor here showing the TYPES page The Attribute Editor affects the files selected in the Result list of the LIBRARY pa...

Page 151: ...rowser Factory files are loaded in the Attribute Editor The Attribute Editor will display the various attributes for these files but you won t be able to modify them 3 5 2 The BANK Page The BANK page...

Page 152: ...strument and Effect presets according to the hierarchical levels of the Type tags see section 3 2 6 Selecting Type and Mode Tags The MODES page is available when opening the Attribute Editor from the...

Page 153: ...YPES page If another column is available on the right the tag you check is automatically selected and its Sub Types appear in the next column if any allowing you to directly refine your de scription b...

Page 154: ...your computer keyboard and press Enter to confirm Adding a new Sub Type for the Loops Type Deleting Tags Tags in the TYPES and MODES pages cannot be deleted manually However if a tag is not as signed...

Page 155: ...ion about the selected files As with the other pages of the Attribute Editor the fields in the PROPERTIES page can be modified only if you have selected user files in the Result list The attributes of...

Page 156: ...Favorite to directly jump to that particular path and display its content in the Result list 5 See section 3 6 2 Using Favorites 3 Location bar Displays the selected path The Location bar provides var...

Page 157: ...fader next to it in order to pre listen to the selected Samples directly from the Browser in order to make a quick se lection See section 3 3 3 Auditioning Samples For Groups enable the Load Patterns...

Page 158: ...tes to the Favorite bar This is done in the Result list 1 Navigate to the parent folder containing the folder you want to use as Favorite so that this folder appears in the Result list 2 In the Result...

Page 159: ...e list to jump to that folder If all the levels cannot be displayed in the path click the double left pointing arrow left of the path to display the remaining upper levels up to the Workspace represen...

Page 160: ...he Result List The Result list of the FILES pane shows the files and folders found in the path loaded in the Location bar above see section 3 6 3 Using the Location Bar Only MASCHINE compatible files...

Page 161: ...3 Using the Location Bar Recent Locations button 3 6 4 Navigating to Recent Locations Selecting Files and Folders in the Result List To select a single file or folder in the Result list click its entr...

Page 162: ...Result list of the FILES pane Windows depicted Following commands are available Command Description Add to Favorites folders only Adds the selected folder to your Favorites See section 3 6 2 Using Fa...

Page 163: ...t s why whenever you move files make sure to update the paths to their re spective directories in the Library page of the Preferences panel as described in section 2 6 4 Preferences Default Page This...

Page 164: ...n on this If the folder s you are importing contain different types of files e g Samples Sounds and Groups the various imported files will be available by selecting the corresponding types in the File...

Page 165: ...at the bottom of the dialog let you choose between following actions IGNORE Click this button to continue loading your Project without locating the missing Sample You will be able to locate it at a l...

Page 166: ...ng Sample s from that Sound Select Find Missing Samples from the Sound slot s context menu to open the Missing Sample dialog again and locate missing Samples for that Sound The same commands also appe...

Page 167: ...s of kick Samples this may take a considerable amount of time With Quick Browse you can restore the query with just one click Quick Browse is available for Samples Plug ins presets Instruments and Eff...

Page 168: ...y for the corresponding file will be restored in the LIBRARY or FILES pane of the Browser depending on which of both panes was used to find the file The file will be shown in the Result list if necess...

Page 169: ...he search query see section 2 3 6 Focusing on a Group or a Sound and 2 3 7 Switching Between the Master Group and Sound Level 3 In this channel select the desired Plug in for a Sample select the Sampl...

Page 170: ...a Sample select the Sampler Plug in in which it is loaded see section 2 3 7 Switching Between the Master Group and Sound Level and 2 3 8 Navi gating Channel Properties Plug ins and Parameter Pages in...

Page 171: ...n Instrument or Effect loaded in this first Plug in slot will define the Sound s role audio source or bussing point respectively For more information on Plug ins and how they define the Sound s role p...

Page 172: ...in your Project are mixed together and sent to the Master channel where their sum will be processed by the Master s Plug ins if any The resulting sig nal is sent to MASCHINE s outputs Each channel pro...

Page 173: ...tion 9 2 The Mixer for more information The Mixer displaying the channel strips for all Sounds in a Group 4 1 2 Similarities and Differences in Handling Sounds and Groups Sounds and Groups are handled...

Page 174: ...MASCHINE you can select multiple Sounds or multiple Groups at once This notably allows you to change a parameter value for all selected Sounds Groups at a time To achieve this MASCHINE distinguishes t...

Page 175: ...but their leading letter and or number stays gray Other Sounds were added to the selection but they are not focused More precisely if a Group or a Sound is currently focused you can additionally selec...

Page 176: ...g ins for more information on Plug ins Pad view Base key Choke group and Link group settings apply to all selected Sounds See section 5 1 Adjusting the Pads for more information on these settings You...

Page 177: ...d object which cannot be deselected Shift click object Selects all objects between the focused one and the Shift clicked one Ctrl A Cmd A on MacOS if some objects are not selected Selects all objects...

Page 178: ...he selection behavior depends on the state of the MULTI option Button 8 see below Group buttons A H Press any Group button to set the focus to that particular Group in the current Group bank The butto...

Page 179: ...lection The Group button pad stays fully lit When MULTI is enabled Button 8 on Pressing the Group button pad of an unselected Group Sound adds it to the current Group Sound selection without changing...

Page 180: ...on your controller and corresponds to a Sound slot in the current Group You can select Sound slots in either the Sound List or the Pad view as you see fit both selections are strictly equivalent In a...

Page 181: ...OS the desired Sound slot in the Sound List or the corresponding cell of the pad grid in Pad view and select Open in the context menu In the Load Sound dialog that opens navigate to the desired Sound...

Page 182: ...reminder of the various Sounds loaded in the Group Sounds cannot be moved within the Sound List when Pre listen speaker button is switched on Pre listening to Sounds on the Controller On your control...

Page 183: ...name of the desired Sound slot or right click Ctrl click on macOS the Sound slot and select Rename from the context menu The Sound slot s name is now highlighted and editable 2 Modify the name of the...

Page 184: ...ds of the MASCHINE STUDIO MASCHINE MK3 MASCHINE MK2 and MA SCHINE MIKRO MK2 controllers mirror the Sound colors you have selected Editing Multiple Sounds You can apply the following commands to multip...

Page 185: ...you have set a custom color for a Sound as described above the Sound will retain its color when you move it in the Sound List and the color will be stored with the Sound when you save the Sound for la...

Page 186: ...e com mand on a factory file it automatically turns into the Save As command a Save Sound dia log opens and lets you save your modified Sound to your user library See next paragraph for more details T...

Page 187: ...ress Enter to confirm and close the Save Sound dialog Your Sound is now saved The Sound will be added to the user library and is ready to be tagged in the Browser see section 3 5 Editing the Files Tag...

Page 188: ...slot this can also be in another Group in this case first click the desired Group in the Group List of the Arrang er and select Paste from the context menu All parameters of the Sound will be copied...

Page 189: ...opy paste Sounds in the software the entire content of the copied Sound s is past ed including their events Notably pasting a Sound into a Sound slot of a different Group will create the needed Patter...

Page 190: ...you have pressed the source pad you just have to press all the desired target pads in a row Instead of holding DUPLICATE you can also pin the Duplicate mode by pressing DU PLICATE Button 1 You can th...

Page 191: ...ft of the Sound slots in the Sound List or on the cells in the Pad view You can also drag Sounds to another Group in the Group List of the Arranger The Sounds will be inserted in the first empty Sound...

Page 192: ...ect it in the Sound List or in the Pad view and press Del on your computer keyboard or right click on macOS Ctrl click the Sound slot and choose Reset from the context menu The content of the Sound sl...

Page 193: ...available for Groups Group Menu Many of the functions described in the following sections are available in the following two context menus The context menu of the Groups in the Group List opened via a...

Page 194: ...either menu as you see fit 4 3 1 Creating Groups Creating a Group will add a new empty Group at the end of the Group List You can then fill this Group with the Sounds of your choice To create a Group...

Page 195: ...he existing Groups with the default name and color If the last Group bank already contains eight Groups pressing SHIFT the last lit Group button at the first step will directly create a new empty Grou...

Page 196: ...Group file in your operating sys tem to replace the focused Group in the Group List Context menu Right click Ctrl click on macOS the desired Group in the Group List or the Group name in the top left...

Page 197: ...will also show up on your controller Group renaming is performed like Sound renaming 1 Double click the name of the desired Group in the Group List or right click Ctrl click on macOS the Group and se...

Page 198: ...RO MK2 controller when you hold the GROUP button mirror the Group colors you have selected By default each Group has a different color But you can choose a common default color for Groups in Preferenc...

Page 199: ...ght click on macOS Ctrl click the Group in the Group List or the Group name in the top left corner of the Pattern Editor and select Save from the context menu Your modifications are saved to the Sound...

Page 200: ...ified version or if there is no original version of your Group i e you built it from scratch you can save it as a new Group file 1 Right click on macOS Ctrl click the Group in the Group List or the Gr...

Page 201: ...er or share it with other users See section 4 4 1 Saving a Group with its Samples for more information 4 3 6 Copying and Pasting Groups You can copy and paste Groups in your Project To copy and paste...

Page 202: ...t will be replaced Cutting Copying and Pasting Logic for Multiple Groups The cutting procedure for multiple Sounds and Groups is as follows When you cut a selection of Groups they are placed into the...

Page 203: ...he sentence above existing Patterns means the Patterns with the same IDs i e the same position in the Pattern List as in the source Group Example If the source Sound contains events in Pattern 1 2 and...

Page 204: ...you just have to press all the desired target Group buttons in a row Instead of holding DUPLICATE you can also pin the Duplicate mode by pressing DU PLICATE Button 1 You can then release DUPLICATE You...

Page 205: ...can select multiple Groups to delete them all at once See 4 1 3 Selecting Multi ple Sounds or Groups for more information To delete a Group select it in the Group List and press Del on your computer...

Page 206: ...Exporting MASCHINE Objects and Audio This section describes how to save single Groups or whole Projects for use in another MA SCHINE installation and how to export audio from various sources in your P...

Page 207: ...d files this comes in handy To save a Group with its Samples 1 Right click on macOS Ctrl click the Group in the Group List left of the Arranger and select Save with Samples from the context menu You w...

Page 208: ...used files thereby minimizing the amount of audio data to be exported This command is also available from the Group menu opened by right clicking Ctrl clicking on macOS the Group name above the Sound...

Page 209: ...SCHINE menu You will be presented with the Save Project with Samples panel 2 In this panel adjust the settings see table below and click Save to confirm or Close to cancel the operation Managing Soun...

Page 210: ...me cases you might want to render your Groups Sounds or your complete Project as audio files in order to edit them further in other applications or burn a CD Audio can be exported in WAV or AIFF forma...

Page 211: ...ons tab at the top and adjust the export options in the Options page that appears see description below 5 At the bottom of the panel click Export to start the export process or Close to cancel the ope...

Page 212: ...The Export page of the Export Arrangement as Audio panel Following parameters are available Managing Sounds Groups and Your Project Exporting MASCHINE Objects and Audio MASCHINE Manual 212...

Page 213: ...the corresponding Groups Only Groups with a check mark will be exported Sound Outputs Select this to export the output signals of specific Sounds to individual audio files When this entry is selected...

Page 214: ...stination audio file is displayed The file will by default take the name of the Project However by clicking into the field you can rename the destination file Export Arrangement Audio Panel Options Pa...

Page 215: ...inning of the audio file Additionally the file metadata will include the loop s tempo in BPM and length in bars The Loop Optimize checkbox is only available when Loop is selected in the Range drop dow...

Page 216: ...audio files are named according to following rules If Master Output is selected in the Output menu the audio file will be named as follows Project name BPM wav aiff If Group Outputs is selected in th...

Page 217: ...rn Editor to Keyboard view to better see the Pattern see section 7 1 5 Group View and Keyboard View This Pattern con tains the sequence data of the REX file For each REX file you import a Pattern will...

Page 218: ...One shot AHD Sample Level x x Zone Level Sample Pan x Zone Pan Range Lower Higher x x High Low Key Tuning x x x x Tune Attack x x x x Attack Decay x x x x Decay Voice Overlap x x x Polyphony Filter1...

Page 219: ...ou want to import and double click it You will be prompted with the MPC Import panel 3 In the Input section of the panel select one of the import options see table below 4 Click OK to start the import...

Page 220: ...parate Group Import One Bank Select this if you only want to import a single Bank Use the drop down menu to the right to select which Bank you want to import The list below shows you a preview of the...

Page 221: ...ctively cancel Sounds when other Sounds are triggered 5 1 4 Using Choke Groups Create Link groups to trigger several Sounds by pressing only one pad 5 1 5 Using Link Groups Most of the settings for yo...

Page 222: ...nd drop a pad to move it to another location in the grid This is strictly equivalent to moving Sound slots in the Sound List see section 4 2 7 Moving Sounds Right click Ctrl click on macOS any pad to...

Page 223: ...oup mode Fur thermore they are velocity sensitive meaning they will play louder if you hit them harder You can change this behavior and choose another pad mode in order to adapt your pads to various s...

Page 224: ...the selected pad See section 5 1 5 Using Link Groups for more information Page 2 Fixed Velocity Knob 1 Here you can adjust the velocity value used in the Fixed Velocity mode Using the 16 Velocities a...

Page 225: ...Keyboard Mode 1 Select a Sound by pressing the pad it is assigned to 2 Enter Keyboard Mode by pressing KEYBOARD If you hit the pads now they all play the same Sound but each with a different pitch Wh...

Page 226: ...s with a MIDI keyboard you can connect one to the MIDI IN socket on the back of your controller You can also use any USB MIDI keyboard selected in the MIDI page of the Preferences panel see 2 6 3 Pref...

Page 227: ...hange the base key for all of them at once See section 4 1 3 Selecting Multiple Sounds or Groups to know how to do this By default the base key of every Sound slot is C3 i e middle C in the MASCHINE c...

Page 228: ...es are indicated for all pads on the right display 3 Release PAD MODE or press it again if you pinned the mode 5 1 4 Using Choke Groups When your pads are in Group mode Choke groups allow you to build...

Page 229: ...button above the Sound List in the Pattern Editor to show the Pad view for the focused Group 2 In the Choke section click the Group value and select the desired group 1 8 from the list or choose None...

Page 230: ...controller 1 Hold the PAD MODE button to enter Pad Mode or press PAD MODE Button 1 to pin it 2 If necessary press the Page Left button to switch to the first Parameter page of the Pad Mode 3 Turn Kno...

Page 231: ...e triggers In Record mode Link groups don t affect the notes recorded in your Patterns in other terms notes won t be recorded for the linked pads Notably this allow you to modify your Link group assig...

Page 232: ...new Choke or Link group from the list middle this new group is applied to all selected Sounds This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your controller To assign the selected pad s Sound sl...

Page 233: ...and the Key Choke and Link parameters please refer to section 5 1 Adjusting Your Pads in the MASCHINE 2 0 Manual Adjusting the Key Parameter for Multiple Sounds with different Key Values Click and dr...

Page 234: ...group from the list middle this new group is applied to all selected Sounds This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your controller 5 3 Adjusting the Base Key In Group mode the base key d...

Page 235: ...g your mouse vertically or double click it enter a new value on your computer keyboard and press Enter to confirm Adjusting the Base Key on Your Controller To change the base key of the selected pad s...

Page 236: ...other Groups won t be affected We describe here how to mute solo Groups and Sounds in the Arrange view of the soft ware but you can also do this from Mix view via the Mute button available in each ch...

Page 237: ...side of the Sound slot in the Pattern Editor Soloing the first kick Sound To unsolo a Sound right click on macOS Ctrl click the number again Soloing a Group To solo a Group right click on macOS Ctrl c...

Page 238: ...d Sounds are not trig gered but the audio coming from previous events might still be audible reverb tail etc You can also activate audio mute for Sounds to mute both events and audio see the beginning...

Page 239: ...ake it permanent 2 Solo Sounds by pressing their pads and solo Groups of the current Group bank by press ing their Group buttons Press Button 3 and 4 to switch to the previous next Group bank respecti...

Page 240: ...mute have dim lit pads This is also indicated on the right display Sounds with audio mute are highlighted While holding Button 8 AUDIO press any pad to switch the audio mute for this Sound on or off...

Page 241: ...ted channel Sound Group or Master By shifting some of the events you can e g give a shuffling ternary touch to your Patterns The groove can be adjusted for each channel individually via its Groove pro...

Page 242: ...es on what musical resolution the groove is applied This directly affects which events will be shifted Values are measured in fractions of a whole note Invert Allows you to invert the groove so that i...

Page 243: ...nd Groove Shortcuts on Your Controller Your controller provides extra shortcuts for various important parameters Most of these param eters are already available in the Channel properties of the Sounds...

Page 244: ...4 D encoder In Step mode 1 To change the velocity of a selected step in Step mode hold its pad and turn the 4 D en coder The adjusted value is temporarily shown on the left display To adjust the value...

Page 245: ...on button 2 To change the groove of the Master simply turn the 4 D encoder 3 To change the groove of a Group hold its Group button first navigate to its Group bank if necessary and turn the 4 D encode...

Page 246: ...OUNT parameter in the SWING page of the Master s Group s and Sound s Groove properties respectively See section 5 4 3 Groove for a detailed description of these properties In the software you can also...

Page 247: ...arameter in the software s Header At the Group and Sound level the shortcut works only with Sounds containing a Sam pler or a Drumsynth Plug in The shortcuts control the TUNE parameter of the PITCH GA...

Page 248: ...fers a familiar and seamless workflow 5 5 1 Overview of the Perform Features The Perform features include the following engines The Scale and Chords engine allows you to assign the pads to notes withi...

Page 249: ...signals e g the sounds produced by the Instrument loaded in the Sound slot as it receives the aforementioned note messages In this diagram you will notice the following The Scale and Chord modules ca...

Page 250: ...picture you will notice the following Note Repeat takes the place of the Scale Chord and Arp modules between the live input on the pads and the Pattern Editor In other terms Note Repeat won t process...

Page 251: ...vailable on your controller General Notes on Scales and Chords The Scale and Chord parameters are the same for all Sound slots in a particular Group you can have different Scale and Chord parameters f...

Page 252: ...other Compared to the Base Key the Root Note addition ally defines the starting note of the selected scale Furthermore like all Scale and Chord parameters the Root Note is common to all Sound slots in...

Page 253: ...rd Set see below for more information Available Chords The Chord engine can automatically generate chords depending on the pad you hit and possi bly the selected scale The Chord engine is controlled v...

Page 254: ...r to any other scale All availa ble chords are listed in the tables below If Chord Mode is set to Chord Set the Chord Type parameter provides 16 different sets of 12 chords each 8 major sets and 8 min...

Page 255: ...th 1 4 5 4th and 5th 1 3 5 7 3rd 5th and 7th 1 4 7 4th and 7th Scales and Chords Visual Feedback on the Pads When scales and or chords are enabled the LEDs of the pads keep you informed at any time on...

Page 256: ...spelling of the Root Note will vary in order to optimize the spelling of the entire scale chord set Condition Enharmonic Spelling Scale Type is set to Chromatic All Keys C C D D E F F G G A A Scale T...

Page 257: ...gine the Arp engine is dedicated to Keyboard mode The Arp engine can be seen as a melodic extension of the Note Repeat Actually Arp replaces and extends Note Repeat in Keyboard mode Instead of playing...

Page 258: ...ock This clock will be reset as soon as you start the playback KOMPLETE KONTROL S SERIES owners The central clock is shared by all connected devices so that e g repeated notes triggered from your MASC...

Page 259: ...eps the Arp feature enabled even when you leave Arp mode For example this can be useful to adjust the chord settings switch to another Pattern adjust Plug in parameters etc while keeping arpeggios run...

Page 260: ...sed down the corresponding pads on your controller If you have configured chords the arpeggio will first play all notes of the chord triggered by the first pad you pressed then all notes of the chord...

Page 261: ...the duration of the silences between them measured as a percentage of the note value set by RATE see above Available values range from 0 to 200 At low values the notes are very short At 50 notes and s...

Page 262: ...shot contains every modulatable pa rameter in your Project including your Solo and Mute settings Once created you can use Ex tended Lock to switch between these instantly or morph between them synchro...

Page 263: ...snapshots Here you can recall update or clear your snapshots You can also set options for morphing between snapshots To enter Lock view 1 Press the CHANNEL or PLUG IN button 2 Press SHIFT LOCK Ext Loc...

Page 264: ...Extended Lock you can recall a stored Lock snapshot To recall a Lock snapshot 1 Press the CHANNEL or PLUG IN button 2 Press SHIFT LOCK Ext Lock 3 Select the snapshot you want to recall from the pads I...

Page 265: ...is set using the TIME parameter TARGET will morph in sync to the downbeat when set to Bar or to the selected Grid value TIME GRID In TRAVEL mode the duration of the morph will last for the amount of...

Page 266: ...ing Lock snapshots via MIDI is when using MASCHINE in plug in mode However it is also possible using an external MIDI device such as a keyboard to trig ger a snapshot MIDI Note numbers Host applicatio...

Page 267: ...ange 3 This opens the following dialog Click Lock Enabled from the dialog 4 In the submenu that opens select the source you want to use for changing the MIDI Pro gram Change messages A list of connect...

Page 268: ...g from the MIDI source Corresponding Lock snapshots will not be recalled For more information on triggering Lock snapshots using your DAW Digital Audio Workstation please check the Knowledge Base on t...

Page 269: ...rip always controls the parameter that is assigned to the standard MIDI CC 1 This MIDI Continuous Controller is reserved for the modulation wheel If you have used the modulation wheel on a synthesizer...

Page 270: ...ing your finger on the Smart Strip plays the pads you hold one after the oth er Sliding your finger on the Smart Strip while no pad is held will play all Sounds mapped to the pad matrix in Pad Mode or...

Page 271: ...n in charge of playing back all sample content in MASCHINE the Sampler 6 2 The Sampler Plug in Specific information on Native Instruments and External Plug ins 6 3 Using Native In struments and Extern...

Page 272: ...Sound Kick Ordinance of the selected Sound slot 1 Sounds Groups and the Master can each hold any number of Plug ins These are stacked up in the Plug in List on the left of the Control area Working wit...

Page 273: ...om In addition to Plug ins each Sound each Group and the Master also provide a set of global settings called Channel properties These are described in section 5 4 3 Groove and in chapter 8 Audio Routi...

Page 274: ...Using the Drumsynths for more details Native Instruments You can use all Native Instruments KOMPLETE instruments instal led on your computer as VST AU plug ins e g MASSIVE which is included with MA S...

Page 275: ...l the Sound will be available as bussing point for other signals from within MASCHINE and possibly from the outside world This notably allows you to build up send effects or to ap ply effects to exter...

Page 276: ...left of the Control area click the little plug icon to display the Plug ins This displays the Plug in List on the left of the Control area The Plug in List is still empty because we selected an empty...

Page 277: ...to the next slot Clicking it would allow you to load a Plug in into the next Plug in slot of that Sound and so on Instead of using the Plug in menu to load a Plug in with its default settings you can...

Page 278: ...ht of a Plug in name to open the Plug in menu for that slot You can also right click Ctrl click on macOS the Plug in name in the slot This will notably allow you to remove the loaded Plug in from the...

Page 279: ...e menu The first Plug in slots of Sounds accepts both Instrument and Effect Plug ins The entries available in their Plug in menu are listed in the following table All other Plug in slots at the Sound...

Page 280: ...to play back all Samples in MASCHINE this essential Plug in will be described in details in section 6 2 The Sampler Plug in Drumsynth submenu first Plug in slot of Sounds only Lists the available Dru...

Page 281: ...at are enabled in the Plug ins page of the Preferences panel For more on this see section 2 6 6 Preferences Plug ins Page The edit commands Cut Copy and Paste and preset management commands Open Save...

Page 282: ...in in Place To load a Plug in into the selected Plug in slot do the following 1 Press SHIFT BROWSE to open the Plug in Browser and browse the available Plug ins 2 On the left display turn Knob 1 to se...

Page 283: ...ad the desired Plug in preset via the usual workflow in the Browser see sec tion 2 3 6 Focusing on a Group or a Sound When you finally press the jog wheel or Button 8 LOAD your controller automaticall...

Page 284: ...6 2 6 Page 6 Velocity Modwheel 6 1 5 Bypassing Plug in Slots You can bypass or mute any Plug in slot When a Plug in slot is bypassed the Plug in it contains is temporarily removed from the signal flo...

Page 285: ...indicate that this slot is now bypassed Use the same method to unmute the Plug in To activate the bypassed slot again click its grayed out icon In most cases the first Plug in slot contains an Instrum...

Page 286: ...nd anymore In the left display the Plug in icon and name are grayed out When you hold SHIFT Button 7 is fully lit and the BYPASS label on the right display is highlighted to indicate that this Plug in...

Page 287: ...ion are shifted one slot upwards downwards to fill the gap Dragging Plug ins can be very useful if you want to quickly change the effects process ing order in the channel Moving Plug ins Across Sounds...

Page 288: ...ng Plug ins while keeping the exact same settings All other Plug ins sitting between its old and new location are shifted one slot upwards downwards to fill the gap 6 1 8 Alternative the Plug in Strip...

Page 289: ...are up to date Please check Service Center or log in to your Native Instruments account to find the latest updates 6 1 9 1 Saving Plug in Presets Saving Plug in presets can only be done in the softwar...

Page 290: ...with this Plug in the next time it is opened Remove Default Preset Removes the default preset for the current plug in This menu item only appears after a preset has been saved using the Save As Defau...

Page 291: ...ready for loading You can assign tags to the Plug in presets that you saved This is done in the Browser in the MASCHINE software For more information please refer to section 3 5 Editing the Files Tag...

Page 292: ...and also remove them if required Removing the default preset for a plug in is a software only feature 6 2 The Sampler Plug in The Sampler Plug in allows you to play back any Sample in MASCHINE includi...

Page 293: ...appear in the Control area of the Arrange view The Sampler also provides a custom panel in the Plug in Strip of the Mix view This panel is described in section 9 4 3 Panel for the Sampler The Sampler...

Page 294: ...the maximum number of voices notes the Sampler can play simultaneously Once this polyphony has been reached triggering any additional note will kill the oldest note still playing i e the note that wa...

Page 295: ...etween different models for the sampling engine Besides the default Standard setting the other options MP60 and S1200 emulate the sound of two legendary Samplers that are often used in Hip Hop and sim...

Page 296: ...Reverse If Reverse is activated the Sample will be played backwards Type Selects from three different types of amplitude envelopes See below for more information AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE The AMPLITUDE ENVEL...

Page 297: ...or fire and forget behavior whereby you would like to have the sound trigger for a certain amount of time re gardless of how long you hold the pad down ADSR Typically the ADSR envelope is used for lon...

Page 298: ...w fast the Sound dies down This parameter can also be modulated by the Velocity control see 6 2 5 Page 5 LFO Sustain ADSR only Sustain determines the constant level being kept after Decay until the no...

Page 299: ...fi Bits Allows you to lower the original bit depth of the Sound resulting in a more rough digital sounding lo fi effect FILTER The Filter selector in the FILTER section gives you access to a set of di...

Page 300: ...parameters Cutoff can be modulated by Velocity the Modulation Envelope the LFO or the MIDI Modulation Wheel EQ The EQ is an equalizer with Frequency Bandwidth and Gain parameters 6 2 4 Page 4 Modulati...

Page 301: ...ong the envelope will stay at its maximum level Decay With Decay you adjust how fast the envelope drops to the sustain level in ADSR mode in AHD mode it is used to adjust how fast the envelope fades o...

Page 302: ...guring the Main Output of Sounds and Groups for more information 6 2 5 Page 5 LFO Sampler parameters page 5 of 6 LFO and DESTINATION on the controller Sampler parameters page 5 of 6 LFO and DESTINATIO...

Page 303: ...n 1 32nd note and be synced with the Project tempo While Retrig restarts the LFO at each new note each note has another LFO phase Lock keeps the LFO phase synchronized to the song position for all not...

Page 304: ...DESTINATION on the controller Sampler parameters page 6 of 6 VELOCITY DESTINATION and MODWHEEL DESTINATION in the software VELOCITY DESTINATION This section allows you to use the input velocity in ord...

Page 305: ...lter types LP2 HP2 BP2 only on the FX Filter page page 3 Volume This allows you to modulate the volume which is what velocity normally is used for MODWHEEL DESTINATION Here you can determine how incom...

Page 306: ...sks e g loading ad justing Plug in parameters etc please refer to section 6 1 Plug in Overview 6 3 1 Opening Closing Plug in Windows When you load a Native Instruments or External Plug in into a Plug...

Page 307: ...ges tabs at the top of the Control area The little diagonal arrow next to the Parameter pages tabs To open or close the floating window of a Native Instruments or External Plug in select this Plug in...

Page 308: ...is the same as in the Plug in s panel in the Plug in Strip software in Mix view with an additional Edit button described below For more information please re fer to section 9 4 4 Custom Panels for Na...

Page 309: ...Of course you can adjust these parameters using the Plug in s own user interface see section 6 3 1 Opening Closing Plug in Windows above But MA SCHINE also allows quick and convenient access to the p...

Page 310: ...igent way that fits the particular workflows of each Plug in For example in the MASSIVE Plug in the eight Macro Controls of MASSIVE will be grouped into a single Parame ter page the main parameters fo...

Page 311: ...re Parameter pages Note that parameters of Native Instruments and External Plug ins are systematically as signed to knobs not to switches nor selectors in MASCHINE this is also true in the MASCHINE so...

Page 312: ...ies parameters and Pa rameter pages are not editable and the Pages tab is grayed out and inactive For more information on the Macro properties and defining Macro Controls please refer to 8 3 Creating...

Page 313: ...nding parameters 6 Reset button Click Reset to remove the assignment for the selected knob 7 Learn button Click Learn to enter Learn mode Learn mode is an intuitive learn process that allows you to qu...

Page 314: ...ts Rename Rename the Macro Ctrl R Cmd R Learn Activates the Learn Mode Reset Reset the Macro Cut Cut the Macro to paste it in another position Ctrl X Cmd X Copy Copy the Macro Ctrl C Cmd C Paste Paste...

Page 315: ...Using VST AU Plug in Presets For some of your Native Instruments or third party VST AU plug ins you might already have a set of factory or user presets or patches programs etc that you like to use MA...

Page 316: ...d for any Native Instruments product installed on your computer To do this simply add the corresponding path s to the list found on the User pane of the Library page in the Pref erences panel See sect...

Page 317: ...ar in the Presets submenu of the Plug in menus in MASCHINE Some VST AU plug ins can run both as instrument and effect plug ins When loading a preset for such a plug in check that the preset can be eff...

Page 318: ...air is inserted in the usual Plug in signal chain This output pair is fed into the input of the next Plug in slot or sent to the channel output if the Plug in is in the last Plug in slot The Plug in s...

Page 319: ...erns 7 5 Recording and Editing Modu lation How to create MIDI tracks in your Patterns 7 6 Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE How to organize your Patterns in your Project 7 7 Managing Patte...

Page 320: ...rn editing tool of the MASCHINE software This overview of the Pattern Editor introduces you its main parts and control elements 2 4 7 11 6 5 8 9 10 14 13 12 15 1 3 The Pattern Editor Group view depict...

Page 321: ...2 they represent musical notes of the selected Sound The length of each rec tangular block represents the duration of the event and its transparency indicates the event velocity the softer the hit th...

Page 322: ...l bar with similar func tionality at the right of the Pattern Editor See section 7 1 2 Navigating the Event Area for more information 13 Edit Mode selector The Edit Mode selector lets you choose from...

Page 323: ...ttern Arrange Mode The Pattern Arrange mode is a powerful tool that allows you to visually control the content of your Patterns while providing important Pattern management features To enter Pattern A...

Page 324: ...the Group if your pads are in Keyboard mode the display shows all notes at all pitches for the focused Sound See section 7 1 5 Group View and Keyboard View for more information The velocity of each ev...

Page 325: ...colored Additionally the pitch of any played note is high lighted Turn Knob 7 to scroll on the pitch axis vertical axis from events at the lowest pitch until events at the highest pitch If all events...

Page 326: ...tom of the Pattern Editor This tool allows you to both scroll and zoom in out horizontally in the Event area and the Control Lane on the time axis 1 2 3 The zooming scroll bar at the bottom of the Pat...

Page 327: ...ws you to scroll to hidden Sound slots in case all of them don t fit in the Pattern Editor When the Pattern Editor is in Keyboard view a vertical zooming scroll bar is available on the right of the Pa...

Page 328: ...ller To follow the playhead position in the Event area during playback Press the FOLLOW button at the bottom of your controller The FOLLOW button lights up In the software the Event area will now swit...

Page 329: ...events in your Pattern without waiting for the whole Loop Range to be looped In the timeline above the Event area a playhead the little white vertical line indicates the current play position in the...

Page 330: ...d relative to the current bar For more information on the Pattern Grid see section 7 1 6 Adjusting the Arrange Grid and the Pattern Length Example with playback on Assuming that your Pattern is four b...

Page 331: ...eyboard View Alternatively you can switch the Pattern Editor to Keyboard view Click the Keyboard View button showing a little keyboard on the left of the Pattern Edi tor to switch it to Keyboard view...

Page 332: ...on a par ticular Sound and edit notes at every pitch Switching Between Group and Keyboard View from Your Controller The Group Keyboard view in the software is always in sync with the Group Keyboard m...

Page 333: ...llowing Pattern Grid resolutions are available 1 Bar 1 2 note 1 16th note Each of these settings lets you adjust the Pattern Length by the specified increment Off The Arrange Grid is disabled Notably...

Page 334: ...ouble click the displayed value enter a new value with your computer keyboard and press Enter to confirm or To adjust the Pattern Length drag the end marker of the Pattern white arrow in the timeline...

Page 335: ...rn mode you can adjust the Pattern Length of the current Pattern 1 Press ARRANGER then Button 2 PATTERN to enter Pattern Arrange mode 2 Turn Knob 4 LENGTH to adjust the Pattern Length according to the...

Page 336: ...d Prepare Mode See also 2 Jumping to Another Playback Position in the Pattern 329 2 Jumping to another Playback Position in Your Project 777 7 1 7 Adjusting the Step Grid and the Nudge Grid The Step G...

Page 337: ...lay 6 or 8 bars and choose a Step Grid resolution of 1 64th Regardless of the current Step Grid resolution the gray lines on the beats quarter notes and the black lines on the bars notes are always vi...

Page 338: ...ee 7 4 4 Editing Selected Events Notes for more information The Nudge Grid is based on the Step Grid The Nudge Grid is active when the Step Grid is active If the Step Grid is disabled nudging events w...

Page 339: ...p 16 The Nudge Grid is not indicated in the Event area of the Pattern Editor Adjusting the Step Grid and the Nudge Grid on Your Controller You can enable disable the Step Grid and adjust the Step Grid...

Page 340: ...ct the OFF value in the top right corner To disable the Step Grid hold SHIFT GRID press Button 4 STEP then press pad 16 OFF You don t need to explicitly enable the Step Grid on your controller It is e...

Page 341: ...g with a count in 7 2 4 Recording with Count in While recording you can let MASCHINE automatically quantize what you play on the pads 7 2 5 Quantizing while Recording 7 2 1 Recording Your Patterns Liv...

Page 342: ...ecording the pads The REC button turns off The sequencer keeps playing until you press PLAY again Replace Mode When recording in Replace mode the events of the selected Sound s are replaced by what yo...

Page 343: ...by pressing the lit PLAY button When you jump to another location in the Project see section 7 1 4 Jumping to Another Playback Position in the Pattern When you switch your controller to another mode b...

Page 344: ...Page for more information When you get ready to record you can also use the Record Prepare mode on your controller to quickly create a new Pattern with the desired length and directly start the recor...

Page 345: ...equencer if it s not done already and play the pads to start re cording See section 7 2 Recording Patterns in Real Time for more information on re cording Patterns In Record Prepare mode can also enab...

Page 346: ...the Prefer ences Default page see section 2 6 4 Preferences Default Page for more details The time signature of the metronome can be set to differ from the time signature of your Project This can be u...

Page 347: ...is very handy if you want to start recording a Pattern exactly on the downbeat When recording starts with a Count in the following happens The playhead jumps to the beginning of the Loop Range You he...

Page 348: ...ount in Duration You can choose how long the metronome should be heard before the recording actually starts In the software this is done via the Count in Length setting in the General page of the Pref...

Page 349: ...iting Selected Events Notes for more information on the Event Edit mode Hence it is very similar to the Event Edit mode The main difference with the Event Edit mode is that in Step mode each pad of yo...

Page 350: ...down or by holding SELECT and pressing the pad of the desired Sound see section 2 3 6 Fo cusing on a Group or a Sound 2 Press PLAY You will see the playback position in the form of a light chasing th...

Page 351: ...the event the softer the velocity in Group mode velocities are additionally indicated under each event in the display The playback position in the Pattern is indicated by a playhead travelling from le...

Page 352: ...l events are selected the field shows MULTI Knob 2 LENGTH Moves the end of the selected events according to the Step Grid the offset of each events end relative to the Step Grid is preserved Hold SHIF...

Page 353: ...It is de signed as a fine adjustment within the current step 7 3 3 Recording Modulation in Step Mode You can also record modulation in Step mode This is helpful when you want to set value changes at a...

Page 354: ...ents notes are available directly via mouse actions in the Event area of the Pattern Editor They will be applied according to the selected Step Grid resolution see 7 1 7 Adjusting the Step Grid and th...

Page 355: ...nt mode Provides quick actions for creating resizing and deleting events notes 3 Erase mode Provides an easy way to bulk delete events notes Listed here are all available mouse actions from the Mouse...

Page 356: ...note Shift click unselected note Add note to current selection Shift click selected note Remove note from selection Drag in Event area s background Multiple selection selection frame Click in Event a...

Page 357: ...formed on any of the selected notes they will ap ply to all selected notes Mouse in Paint Mode With Paint mode enabled the mouse works like a paint brush tool Click in the background of the Event area...

Page 358: ...mouse cursor is located ac cording to the Step Grid settings If the Step Grid is disabled the event is created at the exact position of your mouse cursor In Group view you can create events at the bas...

Page 359: ...7 3 Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer 7 4 3 Selecting Events Notes MASCHINE provides you many ways to select events notes in your Pattern This notably allows you to precisely define which ev...

Page 360: ...Button 1 to pin the Event Select mode The EVENTS button lights up You can now select notes and events using various tools the pads Buttons 5 8 Knobs 1 4 and the Page buttons left of the displays The...

Page 361: ...n for all Sounds in the Group The right display shows a detailed view of a portion of your Pattern with events and their velocities for the focused Sound You can adjust the right display as follows Tu...

Page 362: ...ton 7 8 UP DOWN Switch the focus to the previous next Sound in order to add or remove some of its events to from the selection using Knob 1 2 and 4 and the Page buttons see below The name of the selec...

Page 363: ...ed Sound The right display shows a detailed view of a portion of your Pattern containing events on two octaves You can adjust the right display as follows Turn Knob 5 and 6 to zoom in out and scroll o...

Page 364: ...its notes to from the selection The name of the selected Sound is indicated under the EVENTS label in the top left corner of the left display Knob 1 2 START END Define the selection s start and end p...

Page 365: ...ep Grid see quantizing rules below Drag left right note border Moves the start end of selected notes according to the Step Grid thereby resizing the notes see quantizing rules below Ctrl drag left rig...

Page 366: ...l snap to the Step Grid To override the quantization and freely adjust the note position or size hold Ctrl Cmd on macOS while dragging Quantization when Editing Multiple Events Notes at Once When you...

Page 367: ...the selected notes by one Nudge Grid division If no event is selected all events in the Pattern will be affected See the hardware section below for more information on the Nudge command Editing Selec...

Page 368: ...the focused Sound If your pads are in Keyboard mode the Event Edit mode looks as follows The Event Edit mode on the controller with pads in Keyboard mode The left display shows an overview of the eve...

Page 369: ...us to the previous next Sound in the Group respectively Under the left display Knob 1 4 provide following editing functions Editing Tool Description Knob 1 POSITION Nudges selected events i e shifts s...

Page 370: ...shown under LENGTH If several events are selected the field shows MULTI You can also use these editing functions to quickly create variations of your Patterns during a live performance The following p...

Page 371: ...pose the selected events up press SHIFT pad 16 OCTAVE If nothing is selected all events in the Pattern will be affected 7 4 5 Deleting Events Notes In the software you can delete events in the Event...

Page 372: ...5 1 1 The Pad View in the Software As soon as you hold EVENTS ERASE some pads light up to indicate where there is some thing to delete If your pads are in Group mode the lit pads show you the Sounds f...

Page 373: ...IFT pad 1 SHIFT pad 2 to get back to where you were before Deleting Events for the Entire Group at Playback Position Using your controller you can erase events for all Sounds in the Group at the playb...

Page 374: ...aste the events in another Pattern open the Pattern Manager double click the Pattern in which you want to paste the events see section 7 7 1 The Pattern Manager and Pattern Mode for more information o...

Page 375: ...s go beyond the Pattern s end the Pattern is extended to the next Pattern Grid division after the last pasted event If you paste the events via the shortcut on your computer keyboard while playback is...

Page 376: ...on the vertical axis Sound List in Group view pitches in Keyboard view Cut Copy and Paste Events Notes on Your Controller To copy and paste selected events from your controller 1 To copy the selected...

Page 377: ...closest step of the current Step Grid This allows a perfectly regular rhythm Half quantization 50 Moves each event half way toward the closest step of the current Step Grid This allows a tighter rhyth...

Page 378: ...select Quantize 50 from the context menu 4 To undo redo Quantize use hotkeys Ctrl Z Ctrl Y Cmd Z Cmd Y on macOS Using Quantization on the Controller You can quantize your notes at any time no matter h...

Page 379: ...you play them on the pads The Input Quantization settings previously available have been renamed to include the new In put Quantization mode now Input Quantization can be set to following modes in th...

Page 380: ...to select the desired Input Quantization mode from the three modes available see their description above 7 4 9 Doubling a Pattern Your controller provides a useful shortcut to double the length and c...

Page 381: ...to melodic content To access Variation mode 1 Select the Group A H containing the Sound to which you want to apply the variation 2 Press SELECT Sound 1 16 3 Press VARIATION to access the Variation con...

Page 382: ...eters Element Description PROBABILITY Keyboard mode Probability Set the probability of how often a note is created At 50 a note may or may not be created at each step At 100 a note will be created at...

Page 383: ...nd will move them randomly in both plus and minus values according to the overall percentage set here Time shift can be changed from 0 50 in 5 increments Press SHIFT to change in finer increments of 1...

Page 384: ...and Editing Modulation One of the really cool features of MASCHINE is the ability to modulate nearly all MASCHINE parameters both on the controller and in the software in a very easy way In MASCHINE m...

Page 385: ...on please refer to section 8 2 3 Controlling Parameters via MIDI and Host Automation Please note that modulation and automation are not mutually exclusive You can modulate a parameter in MASCHINE and...

Page 386: ...t be modulated This second rule is also true for Plug ins if a Plug in is loaded at the Master level its parameters will not be modulatable but the same Plug in loaded at the Group or Sound level will...

Page 387: ...the following happens On the outer ring of the knob the colored section usually indicating the current parameter value is replaced by a little segment indicating the modulated value During playback t...

Page 388: ...At the bottom of the displays non modulatable parameters disappear Among the remain ing parameters all modulatable the value of each continuous parameter is replaced by a percentage 4 While holding A...

Page 389: ...or parameters of a Group click the desired Group in the Group List left of the Arranger and click the GROUP tab in the Control area 3 If the Control Lane is not visible at the bottom of the Pattern Ed...

Page 390: ...depends on the cur rent non modulated value of the selected parameter Since modulation points set new values relative to the non modulated value of the parameter this scale allows you to see at any t...

Page 391: ...egment following the point instead When hovering the mouse over a modulation point or the following segment the parameter value at this point appears The displayed value is updated as you drag your mo...

Page 392: ...k the desired Group in the Group List left of the Arranger and click the GROUP tab in the Control area 3 In the Modulation pane click the symbol at the end of the Modulator List to create a new empty...

Page 393: ...sed Resetting a Modulation Track To reset the modulation track of a parameter right click Ctrl click on macOS the de sired entry in the Modulator List and select Reset Modulator at the top of the menu...

Page 394: ...ayback is on the content of these tracks is sent in real time as MIDI data via the MIDI output of the Sound if enabled Configuring the MIDI output of Sounds is done in the MIDI page of the Sound s Out...

Page 395: ...the MIDI pane 4 At the end of the list of MIDI controls nearby click the to add a new MIDI track A new entry appears at the end of the list reading Not assigned 5 Right click Ctrl click on macOS this...

Page 396: ...ears on its right The MIDI track and its entry in the list of MIDI controls are removed from the MIDI pane 7 7 Managing Patterns This section describes how to organize your Patterns Pattern slots and...

Page 397: ...our controller In each Pattern bank the col ored cells indicate Pattern slots containing a Pattern while unlit cells indicate empty Pat tern slots The selected Pattern bank is surrounded by a white bo...

Page 398: ...e displays in Pattern mode On the right display you will see all available Pattern slots in the selected Pattern bank repre sented as a square of 4x4 cells The highlighted cell indicates the selected...

Page 399: ...Mode 2 If it is not already selected select the Pattern bank containing the desired Pattern by clicking its pad grid on the right The selected Pattern bank is surrounded by a white border and the lef...

Page 400: ...If the last Pattern bank is selected and not empty pressing Button 8 will create a new empty Pattern bank see section 7 7 5 Creating and Deleting Pattern Banks for more information Selecting a Patter...

Page 401: ...t location in your arrangement see section 14 2 3 Assigning and Removing Patterns You can still manually create a new empty Pattern in the software 1 Open the Pattern Manager see 7 7 1 The Pattern Man...

Page 402: ...lip for the selected Group in the current Scene This Clip replaces any previous Clip for the Group in that Scene see chapter 14 3 Using Ar ranger View for more on this You don t need to explicitly cre...

Page 403: ...t on the left 3 On the right of the Pattern slot click the little cross icon You can also right click Ctrl click on macOS the Pattern slot or the corresponding cell in the pad grid and select Delete f...

Page 404: ...one Pattern bank this alternate method can be simplified as follows Press ERASE PATTERN pad to delete the corresponding Pattern If the Pattern was referenced by Clips in the Arranger these Clips will...

Page 405: ...ern bank Deleting a Pattern Bank To delete a Pattern bank 1 Open the Pattern Manager see 7 7 1 The Pattern Manager and Pattern Mode 2 Hover the pad grid of the desired Pattern bank with your mouse A l...

Page 406: ...Type a name and press Enter on your computer keyboard to confirm or press Esc to cancel you change The Pattern is renamed In the Arranger all Clips referencing this Pattern in the Arranger will mirro...

Page 407: ...o cancel you change The Pattern is renamed In the Arranger all Clips referencing this Pattern will mirror the new Pattern name If you use MASCHINE as a plug in some hosts will utilize the Enter key as...

Page 408: ...e click anywhere else in the MA SCHINE plug in window to confirm the name you have entered 7 7 7 Changing the Pattern s Color By default Patterns take the color of the Group they belong to But you can...

Page 409: ...r by selecting Default at the bottom of the Color Palette The Pattern slot takes the new color you select In the Arranger all Clips referencing this Pattern will also mirror the selected color By defa...

Page 410: ...ing cell in the pad grid and select Duplicate from the context menu A Pattern copy is inserted right after the original Pattern in the Pattern bank all follow ing Patterns are shifted to the next slot...

Page 411: ...attern the copy paste operation will apply to these events only See 7 7 1 The Pattern Manager and Pattern Mode for more on this Duplicating Copying and Pasting Patterns on Your Controller While the du...

Page 412: ...selecting the source and target slots Please note that the copy paste described here affects the Pattern as a whole You can also copy paste particular events within the Pattern or between Patterns See...

Page 413: ...it after the move You can also drag a Pattern from the pad grid onto the Pad List and inversely 7 7 10 Adjusting Pattern Length in Fine Increments Patten Length can be adjusted in fine increments to c...

Page 414: ...The exported range will be based on the selected Pattern regardless of the current Loop Range Note that the Loop Optimize setting will be respected The exported audio will only include the focused Gro...

Page 415: ...the name of the Pattern you are dragging You can now drag the exported audio file to your desktop into an audio channel of your host application or even to another Sound or Group in MASCHINE If you dr...

Page 416: ...know how to do this 3 In the top right corner of the Pattern Editor click and hold the MIDI Dragger icon As you start dragging the icon the mouse cursor displays the name of the Pattern you are about...

Page 417: ...context menu the picture below shows the context menu for a Sound 4 In the Export MIDI dialog that opens navigate to the desired location on your computer type a name for the MIDI file and click Save...

Page 418: ...ound via drag and drop or via the FILES pane of the Browser You can even import multiple MIDI files at once The following paragraphs de scribe each of these situations Importing a MIDI File to a Group...

Page 419: ...the selected Pattern of the Group according to the im port rules described below Method 2 via drag and drop 1 In the Group List left of the Arranger click the Group in which you want to import the MID...

Page 420: ...acks in the selected Pattern If the MIDI file contains data on a single MIDI channel MIDI notes will be imported to the different Sounds of your Group according to their pitch The MIDI note data will...

Page 421: ...individual Sounds that have not received any data during the current import yet the channel with the lowest number will be imported to the Sound with the lowest slot number and so on Example if the M...

Page 422: ...elow Method 2 via drag and drop 1 In the Group List left of the Arranger click the Group containing the Sound for which you want to import the MIDI file This sets the focus to that Group and displays...

Page 423: ...sed Sound Method 3 using the FILES pane of the Browser 1 In the Group List left of the Arranger click the Group containing the Sound for which you want to import the MIDI file This sets the focus to t...

Page 424: ...won t be affected Any channel information in the MIDI file will be disregarded All notes will appear in the same Pattern for that particular Sound If the same MIDI note number and MIDI CC num ber are...

Page 425: ...from this each new Pattern receiving the data from one of the MIDI files Apart from this each MIDI file will be imported as a single MIDI file to that Group see above for a detailed description To im...

Page 426: ...notes in these new Patterns Apart from this each MIDI file will be imported as a single MIDI file to that Sound see above for a detailed description Alternatively if you have selected the MIDI files...

Page 427: ...features described here can be accessed via the Channel properties Channel prop erties are global settings that apply to a particular Sound Group or to the Master independ ently of which Plug ins are...

Page 428: ...lication in plug in mode This default basic configuration can be customized in numerous ways Using the audio settings available in the Input and Output properties at the Sound Group and Master level y...

Page 429: ...erties Plug ins and Parameter Pages in the Control Area 8 1 1 Sending External Audio to Sounds Each Sound can be configured to receive external audio signals These audio signals can be coming from the...

Page 430: ...dio page of the Input properties for a Sound in the software The AUDIO page of the Input properties for a Sound on the controller Please refer to section 2 3 8 Navigating Channel Properties Plug ins a...

Page 431: ...nd mixer channels from your DAW to individual Sounds within MA SCHINE for example Please refer to your host documentation to know how to route sig nals to the virtual audio inputs of your MASCHINE plu...

Page 432: ...hannel strip 4 If the Mixer currently displays the Group channels in the top row of the Mixer double click the header of the Group containing the Sound you want to configure If the Mixer currently dis...

Page 433: ...he desired external input in the menu This is equivalent to setting the Source parameter described above 6 Turn the little knob on its left to adjust the input gain This is equivalent to setting the G...

Page 434: ...e listening Furthermore you could send individual Sounds or whole Groups to other pairs of outputs on your audio interface in order to process them separately at a later stage The output routing confi...

Page 435: ...acting as bussing point i e containing an Effect Plug in in its first Plug in slot any Sound acting as bussing point in any other Group as well as the 16 external stereo outputs Ext 1 16 The available...

Page 436: ...drop down menu and in the display of the selector In the drop down menu they are labeled as follows For Groups Group name e g Drums For Sounds Group name Sound name input number e g Drums Kick 1 In th...

Page 437: ...mode In Keyboard mode the knobs are not visible Configuring the Main Outputs of Sounds and Groups in Mix View You can also easily configure the outputs of your Sounds and Groups in MASCHINE s Mixer 1...

Page 438: ...Group simply ensure that its channel strip is visible double click the Group header if the Mixer currently displays the Sound channel strips 3 To adjust the level panoramic position or Cue state of a...

Page 439: ...uts that you can route to addi tional targets For example you can send a definable amount of the channel s audio output to other channels for further processing This is notably used in send effects se...

Page 440: ...in the software and from your controller Controls Description AUX 1 AUX 2 Section Dest Selects where you want to send the Aux 1 or Aux 2 output of your channel Available options are the same as for th...

Page 441: ...st selectors of the AUX 1 and AUX 2 section will correspond to virtual outputs in your host This allows you to send auxiliary outputs of individual Sounds or Groups from MASCHINE to their own mixer ch...

Page 442: ...rently displays the Group channel strips and for a Group simply ensure that its channel strip is visible dou ble click the Group header if the Mixer currently displays the Sound channel strips 5 In th...

Page 443: ...e Plug ins loaded in the Master if any The result is then sent to the Master output that is MASCHINE s main out put Besides all channels currently routed to the Cue bus for pre listening are mixed tog...

Page 444: ...om your controller Controls Description AUDIO Section Output Selects where you want to send the master output of your MASCHINE Project Available options are the 16 external stereo outputs Ext 1 16 Lev...

Page 445: ...el Adjusts the level of the Cue output Pan Defines the panoramic position of the Cue output in the stereo field If MASCHINE is running as a plug in the external stereo outputs Ext 1 16 available in th...

Page 446: ...op right corner of the Mixer The Master Cue channel strip appears underneath In this Master Cue channel strip do the following to configure the output of the Master chan nel 1 Click Master in the stri...

Page 447: ...ly see above 3 To select another destination for the Master output click the first area under the level meter and select the desired destination in the menu This is equivalent to setting the Output pa...

Page 448: ...vely This is equivalent to setting the Level or Pan parameters in the CUE section respectively see above 3 To select another destination for the Cue output click the first area under the level meter a...

Page 449: ...e fed into any number of Sounds For example this allows you to process any external audio signal using the plug ins loaded in a Sound and more generally integrate external audio signals into the MASCH...

Page 450: ...Sounds in MASCHINE s Mixer 1 Click the Mix View button on the left of the Arranger to switch from Arrange view to Mix view 2 Open the extended view of the Mixer by clicking the down pointing arrow on...

Page 451: ...4 If the Mixer currently displays the Group channels in the top row of the Mixer double click the header of the Group containing the Sound you want to configure If the Mixer currently displays the Sou...

Page 452: ...The Mixer displays the channel strips of all Sounds in the selected Group Audio Routing Remote Control and Macro Controls Audio Routing in MASCHINE MASCHINE Manual 452...

Page 453: ...under the Sound name and select the desired external input in the menu This is equivalent to setting the Source parameter described above 6 Turn the little knob on its left to adjust the input gain Au...

Page 454: ...or individual Sounds and for entire Groups These are described in section 8 2 1 Triggering Sounds via MIDI Notes Controlling parameters via MIDI messages and host automation You can control parameters...

Page 455: ...act to incoming MIDI notes This is done in the MIDI page of the Sounds or Group s Input properties There is no MIDI page in the Input properties of the Master MASCHINE 1 x owners The MIDI page of the...

Page 456: ...o affect other MASCHINE features The preset selection via MIDI Program Change for Native Instruments and External Plug ins See section 8 2 4 Selecting VST AU Plug in Presets via MIDI Program Change fo...

Page 457: ...both a Sound and its parent Group if the Sound is focused it will receive MIDI notes sent by the host default behavior for Sounds Source stand alone mode only Selects the MIDI port on which the Sound...

Page 458: ...mporting MIDI to Patterns for more on this Some of these parameters also affect MIDI file import The Channel parameter of a Sound will be used when importing a multi channel MIDI file to its Group whi...

Page 459: ...active on the left of the Mixer if not click it to enable it and display the input output settings of each channel strip 4 Above the fader area in the channel strip of the Sound or Group you want to...

Page 460: ...ck it to enable the MIDI input from the host This is equivalent to enabling the Active button described above 5 Click the little field on its left to select a MIDI channel This is equivalent to the Ch...

Page 461: ...I data is send out to all activated MIDI output devices MIDI Scene Change program change messages can be used to record a Scene performance to a host application and all recorded Scene performances ca...

Page 462: ...host or manually even when the playback is looped or restarted Absolute The new parameter value is defined regardless of its current value Automation vs Modulation Although both deal with automatic ch...

Page 463: ...Automation pane of the Assignment area The Automation pane of the Assignment area 1 Click the down pointing arrow in the bottom left corner of the Control area to reveal the Assignment area underneat...

Page 464: ...ice or software Possible MIDI messages are Pitch wheel Program Change and MIDI CC 0 127 Host tab Click the Host tab to assign automation IDs to automatable parameters if MA SCHINE is running as a plug...

Page 465: ...n order to be automatable a parameter must be controlled by a knob or a button in the soft ware most parameters controlled by selectors e g for selecting an operating mode or a filter type cannot be a...

Page 466: ...e automatable if and only if the parameters they are controlling are themselves automatable For more information on Macro Controls please refer to section 8 3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with t...

Page 467: ...y assigned parameter to remove the auto mation ID currently assigned to that parameter The previous automation ID is removed from the Assignment field and the parameter is not available anymore for ho...

Page 468: ...er to enter Learn mode for that parame ter The Assignment field shows a blinking Learning 4 Move the desired control element knob button etc on your MIDI controller The Assignment field automatically...

Page 469: ...ent field again or press Esc on your computer key board You cannot assign the same MIDI control to more than one parameter in MASCHINE If a MIDI control is already assigned to a parameter when you ass...

Page 470: ...operties for the respective Sound this page is described in detail in section 8 2 1 Trig gering Sounds via MIDI Notes above 8 2 5 Sending MIDI from Sounds Your Sounds can output MIDI notes and automat...

Page 471: ...able in previous MASCHINE versions The MIDI page of the Output properties for a Sound in the software The MIDI page of the Output properties for a Sound on the controller Please refer to section 2 3 8...

Page 472: ...Sound to the host application This notably allows you to record what you play on the pads as MIDI files in your host e g for further editing controlling other instruments etc Channel Selects the MIDI...

Page 473: ...strip 4 If the Mixer currently displays the Group channels in the top row of the Mixer double click the header of the Group containing the Sound you want to configure If the Mixer currently displays t...

Page 474: ...ed MIDI port in the menu This is equivalent to setting the Dest parameter described above 6 Click the little field on its right to select a MIDI channel This is equivalent to the Channel parameter des...

Page 475: ...or host automation This is not the case in MA SCHINE 2 0 anymore automation and Macro Controls now are totally independent Now MASCHINE parameters can be directly assigned to MIDI controls or host aut...

Page 476: ...s You can assign the Macro Controls of a Group to any parameters in its proper ties or Plug ins as well as any parameters in any Sound inside the Group For the Master You can assign the Macro Controls...

Page 477: ...on depending on where the parameter you want to assign is situated 2 Select the level where the parameter is this can be on the MASTER GROUP or SOUND level 3 Right click Ctrl click on macOS the name o...

Page 478: ...roup or Master as descri bed in section 2 3 8 Navigating Channel Properties Plug ins and Parameter Pages in the Control Area 2 Click the down pointing arrow in the bottom left corner of the Control ar...

Page 479: ...area underneath 1 Delete Page button x symbol Click the little x after a page name to delete this Parame ter page 2 Add Page button symbol Click the little after the last page label to append a new p...

Page 480: ...arameter The detailed procedure is explained in the next paragraph Selecting a Parameter in the Target Selector The Target selector see picture above allows you to choose from all available parameters...

Page 481: ...llows you to refine your search e g by listing all Parameter pages of the selected Plug in or Channel properties This continues until a parameter is reached and you select it Upon the selection of a p...

Page 482: ...it in another position Ctrl X Cmd X Copy Copy the Macro Ctrl C Cmd C Paste Paste a cut or copied Macro to a new position Ctrl V Cmd V Assignment Area Pages Context Menu When the Assignment Area is ope...

Page 483: ...r Plug in properties using the controller is quick and easy Assigning a Macro Using the Controller To assign a Macro Control directly from a parameter using the controller 1 Select CHANNEL or PLUG IN...

Page 484: ...Controller To unassign a parameter from the Macro Controls 1 Select Channel or Plug in icon depending on where the parameter you want to unassign is situated 2 Select the level where the parameter is...

Page 485: ...various stages of your work e g when building custom drum kits setting up send effects creating advanced routings and last but not least during live performances 9 1 Mix View Basics This section descr...

Page 486: ...tton to display Mix view on the controller Press the MIXER button again to return to the previous view 9 1 2 Mix View Elements When you switch the MASCHINE software to Mix view the Arranger the Contro...

Page 487: ...displays Sound channels or the Mas ter Cue channel if the Mixer displays Group channels See section 9 2 The Mixer for a de tailed description 2 Plug in Chain In the middle the Plug in Chain lists all...

Page 488: ...g settings of different channels in one go The Mixer in the MASCHINE software The Mixer provides a classic mixing desk layout containing a certain number of channel strips The particular channel strip...

Page 489: ...your Project Sound level The Mixer shows channel strips for all Sound slots in the focused Group Both display modes are described in the following paragraphs If the MASCHINE window is too small to dis...

Page 490: ...that focused Group At the top of the Mixer you see two rows The first row 3 contains the headers of all your Groups and of the Master Cue channel The header of the focused Group or of the Master Cue a...

Page 491: ...ween both views this would mute unmute the Group channel in question 9 2 2 Adjusting the Mixer Layout No matter which of the Group or Sound level is currently displayed in the Mixer you can adjust its...

Page 492: ...if the IO button is disa bled For a detailed description of the settings available in the channel strips see section 9 2 5 Adjusting Settings in the Channel Strips below 9 2 3 Selecting Channel Strip...

Page 493: ...Groups Whichever channel strip is focused the Plug in Strip at the bottom of the Mix view shows the Plug ins loaded in that particular channel see section 9 4 The Plug in Strip 9 2 4 Managing Your Cha...

Page 494: ...anging the Group s Color Copying pasting channels Open the channel s context menu and select Copy or Paste See section 4 2 6 Copying and Pasting Sounds and 4 3 6 Copying and Pasting Groups Resetting S...

Page 495: ...tly displayed without having to put the channel under focus beforehand Simply click the desired setting in any of the displayed channel strips to modify it the current selection focus will stay untouc...

Page 496: ...9 2 2 Adjusting the Mixer Layout for more information 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A complete channel strip in the Mixer Sound on the left Group and Master on the right 1 Header Displays the name and index letter...

Page 497: ...ust the MIDI input routing Visible only if the IO button is enabled on the left of the Mixer Click the MIDI IN label to select a MIDI input port then select a channel via the little menu on its right...

Page 498: ...the little headphones button to send the channel to remove it from the Cue bus This is equivalent to the Cue parameter in the Audio page of the channel s Output properties See section 9 2 6 Using the...

Page 499: ...ing Modulation for more on modulating parameters Available Settings in the Master and Cue Channel Strips The Master and the Cue channel strips are similar to the Sound Group channel strips described a...

Page 500: ...u can send any number of Sound and Group channels to the Cue bus simultaneously In Arrange view the equivalent of the headphones button is the Cue switch found on the Audio page of the Sound s and Gro...

Page 501: ...ontal series the audio travelling from left to right through each Plug in of that channel A Plug in Chain with the Compressor selected and the EQ bypassed Except for its horizontal layout the Plug in...

Page 502: ...n List in the channels of the Mixer above see the Plug in List description in sec tion 9 2 5 Adjusting Settings in the Channel Strips 9 4 The Plug in Strip In the lower part of the MASCHINE window the...

Page 503: ...undocked and opened in a floating window 9 4 5 Undocking a Plug in Panel Native Instruments and External Plug ins On ly Navigating the Plug in Strip If the MASCHINE window is not wide enough for all...

Page 504: ...y a vertical scroll bar appears on the right of the panel to display the hidden part Use the vertical scroll bar to display the rest of the Plug in 9 4 1 The Plug in Header For all types of Plug ins I...

Page 505: ...ional View button specific Native Instruments Plug ins only Some Native Instruments Plug ins provide two different views in their panel Click the little to switch between De fault view and Additional...

Page 506: ...current preset and the Quick Browse icon see section 9 4 1 The Plug in Header above for more details Although parameters are organized differently than in the Parameter pages of the Arrange view the p...

Page 507: ...Control area along with parameters available in the Zone page of the Sample Editor As with all other Plug ins the panel for the Sampler shows the Plug in Header at the top This Header contains the nam...

Page 508: ...one page in the Sample Editor Start and End markers zooming etc For more details see section 15 Sampling and Sample Mapping 3 VOICE ENGINE section Allows you to adjust the Polyphony Glide and Mode par...

Page 509: ...3 Page 3 FX Filter 6 TUNE section Allows you to adjust the Tune parameter from the Pitch Envelope page in the Control area For more details see section 6 2 2 Page 2 Pitch Envelope 7 PLAY and LOOP sect...

Page 510: ...r more details see section 15 Sampling and Sample Mapping As with all Internal Plug ins parameter modulation is not indicated in the panel for the Sampler As a consequence the value of modulated param...

Page 511: ...ABSYNTH 5 s Default view shows the main elements of the Perform window of AB SYNTH 5 Controlling Your Mix The Plug in Strip MASCHINE Manual 511...

Page 512: ...MASSIVE s Default view shows specific parts of the Synth view the eight Macro Controls at the top and the Modulation pages underneath Controlling Your Mix The Plug in Strip MASCHINE Manual 512...

Page 513: ...tton for opening the Plug in in a floating window as well as the name of the current preset and the Quick Browse icon see section 9 4 1 The Plug in Header above for more details For Native Instruments...

Page 514: ...ore information You can also undock any Native Instruments Plug in and open it in a separate floating window In the floating window you can notably switch between the Default view and the full user in...

Page 515: ...Master In this channel you can have as many open floating windows as you see fit When you set the focus to another channel all open floating windows disappear possibly replaced by those for Native In...

Page 516: ...o the Edit view which shows the full interface of the original Native Instruments product Closing the Plug in s Floating Window To dock a Native Instruments or External Plug in back into the Plug in S...

Page 517: ...lit In Mix mode the displays show channel strips for your Sounds and Groups 9 5 1 Navigating Your Channels in Mix Mode Like the Mixer in the software the Mix mode lets you choose to display channel s...

Page 518: ...sed channel is highlighted Mix Mode Displaying the Sound Level To display the Sound channels of the focused Group push the 4 D encoder downwards The channel strips on the displays represent the Sound...

Page 519: ...HIFT while adjusting a value to make finer adjustments In each channel strip the peak value is indicated above the level meter This peak value is re set each time you start the playback via PLAY or RE...

Page 520: ...5 4 Plug in Icons in Mix Mode In Mix mode each channel indicates the presence of Plug ins by displaying small icons ar ranged vertically on the right of the level meter Instrument and Effect Plug ins...

Page 521: ...on t hesitate to tweak them during your live performance or automate them like any other Plug in See section 7 5 Recording and Editing Modulation for more information on automa tion In this chapter yo...

Page 522: ...ine for gen erating the drum sound In the same Drumsynth each engine will have its own algorithm pa rameters and sonic characteristics it is in fact an entirely distinct drum For example the Kick prov...

Page 523: ...provides access to more complex and finer adjustments to the drum sounds The Modulation page allows to adjust the playability of the drum by setting its velocity response The Main page always starts w...

Page 524: ...djust the Decay parameter or the Filter parameter for the Shaker engine of the Percussion In the bottom part of the panel you find the other parameters adjusting the sound of the selected engine For m...

Page 525: ...i hat parameter positions will not be kept 10 1 4 Various Velocity Responses Each engine of each Drumsynth has a different response to the velocity of the notes you are playing Globally engines can be...

Page 526: ...pitches from MIDI note 46 to 70 If the pitch of an incoming MIDI note falls outside the pitch range of the engine the pitch will be bounded to that engine s allowable pitch range Some engines have an...

Page 527: ...page Each engine has a different character and set of parameters as detailed in the following sec tions The Kick provides following engines Sub default 10 2 1 Kick Sub Tronic 10 2 2 Kick Tronic Dusty...

Page 528: ...ed below are presented as they appear in the Control area Ar range view The same parameters are available in the Plug in panel within the Plug in Strip Mix view See 9 4 The Plug in Strip for more info...

Page 529: ...g compared to the Decay value you won t hear the entire pitch drop but only its beginning i e you will hear a higher pitch than the one set by Tune ATTACK Section Mode Selects the style of the attack...

Page 530: ...l be 10 2 2 Kick Tronic Fat punchy and warm the Tronic kick is based on another classic analog kick drum which has provided the backbone to countless dance and electronic records for the past 30 years...

Page 531: ...w values give a more gentle sound As Bend is increased the kick becomes more punchy at higher values the pitch envelope is more clearly audible as an actual pitch bend Impact Adjusts the amount of att...

Page 532: ...Changes to the distortion parameters are only audible when the Mix parameter is set above 0 Modulation Page As with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Veloc it...

Page 533: ...the middle C measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 For more details see 10 1 5 Pitch Range Tuning and MIDI Notes Decay Adjusts the duration of the sound s tai...

Page 534: ...mid position turning the knob to the left as the inverse effect the harder you hit the key pad the softer the resulting drum sound will be 10 2 4 Kick Grit The Grit kick is a modern electronic kick d...

Page 535: ...ick measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 6 8 Impact Adjusts the amount of click or initial attack measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0...

Page 536: ...oes not contain any parameters Modulation Page Like with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Ve locity Element Description SCALE Section Velocity Adjusts the ve...

Page 537: ...Tune Adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle C measured in MIDI note numbers and cents Available values range from 38 00 to 62 00 The default value is 50 00 For more details see 10 1 5 Pitc...

Page 538: ...100 0 to 100 0 default value At zero mid course the drum is played at full velocity no matter how hard you hit the keys or pads From that mid position by turning the knob to the right you increase th...

Page 539: ...ntage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 Snap Emulates the air movement caused by the beater before the drum is hit Therefore it produces a snap in the waveform the length of which...

Page 540: ...left as the inverse effect the harder you hit the key pad the softer the resulting drum sound will be 10 2 7 Kick Bold The Bold kick is an acoustic bass drum emulation that provides an aggressive cha...

Page 541: ...0 Advanced Page For this engine the Advanced page does not contain any parameters Modulation Page As with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Veloc ity Element...

Page 542: ...ease refer to 10 2 The Kicks Tune Adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle C measured in MIDI note numbers and cents Available values range from 42 00 to 54 00 The default value is 48 00 For...

Page 543: ...range from 100 0 to 100 0 default value At zero mid course the drum is played at full velocity no matter how hard you hit the keys or pads From that mid position by turning the knob to the right you i...

Page 544: ...default 50 0 For more details see 10 1 5 Pitch Range Tuning and MIDI Notes Decay Adjusts the duration of the sound s tail measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0...

Page 545: ...knob to the right you increase the positive velocity response and make the drum more and more sensitive to the velocities at which you hit the keys pads From the mid position turning the knob to the l...

Page 546: ...Main page Each engine has a different character and set of parameters as detailed in the following sec tions The Snare provides following engines Volt default 10 3 1 Snare Volt Bit 10 3 2 Snare Bit Po...

Page 547: ...ange view The same parameters are available in the Plug in panel within the Plug in Strip Mix view See 9 4 The Plug in Strip for more information on this Main Page Element Description MAIN Section Eng...

Page 548: ...easured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 Punch Only available if Punchy is selected in the Mode selector see above Adjusts the amplitude of the pitch envelope punc...

Page 549: ...2 Snare Bit The Bit snare is a thin harsh digital snare The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the Control area Ar range view The same parameters are available in the Plug in...

Page 550: ...Page For this engine the Advanced page does not contain any parameters Modulation Page As with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Veloc ity Element Descriptio...

Page 551: ...Adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle C measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 For more details see 10 1 5 Pitch Range Tuning and MIDI Notes Decay...

Page 552: ...hit the keys pads From the mid position turning the knob to the left as the inverse effect the harder you hit the key pad the softer the resulting drum sound will be 10 3 4 Snare Sharp The Sharp snare...

Page 553: ...ow hard the drum is hit measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 softest to 100 0 hardest The default value is 75 0 Body Adjusts the level of the snare body independently from the wire...

Page 554: ...allic snare sound The two modes available on its Advanced page relate to different tension levels of the snare wires which allows for a wide range of snares that will cut through very well into a mix...

Page 555: ...elects from two different noise types that simulate the wires of the drum Available modes are A default and B Tune Provides an independent tuning of the snare noise It relates to the tension of the sn...

Page 556: ...that provides the sound of old woody snares The character of the sound comes from its broad spectrum that allows for a wide range of snares via a subtle use of the Tune parameters The parameters desc...

Page 557: ...tion Mode Selects from two different noise types that simulate the wires of the drum Available modes are A default and B Tune Provides an independent tuning of the snare noise It relates to the wires...

Page 558: ...lable on its Advanced page relate to different snare wire characteristics noisy and crispy The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the Control area Ar range view The same parame...

Page 559: ...the drum Available modes are A default and B Tune Provides an independent tuning of the snare noise It relates to the snare wire tension of a real snare drum Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0...

Page 560: ...are drum model that is capable of a metallic bright sound The two modes available on its Advanced page select from two different snare wire characteris tics The parameters described below are presente...

Page 561: ...ble values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 75 0 Advanced Page The Advanced page contains parameters controlling the wires sound of the drum Element Description SPECTRA Section Mode Selects from two di...

Page 562: ...lap A stalwart of electronic music the classic analog clap never really sounded like a group of peo ple clapping but that makes it all the more iconic The parameters described below are presented as t...

Page 563: ...Page For this engine the Advanced page does not contain any parameters Modulation Page As with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Veloc ity Element Descriptio...

Page 564: ...information on the available engines please refer to section 10 3 The Snares Tune Adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle C measured in MIDI note numbers and cents Available values range fr...

Page 565: ...e Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 75 0 Modulation Page Like with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Ve locity Element Description SCALE Sectio...

Page 566: ...Hi hats The Hi hat Drumsynth can generate a variety of hi hat sounds The Hi hat in the Control area Main page depicted The Hi hat panel in the Plug in Strip Using the Drumsynths The Hi hats MASCHINE M...

Page 567: ...es Many Different Drums per Drumsynth For general information on the Snare and the other Drumsynths see 10 1 Drumsynths General Handling 10 4 1 Hi hat Silver The Silver engine is the default engine of...

Page 568: ...lter applied to the sound measured in hertz Available values range from 932 3 Hz to 16 7 kHz default 7 4 kHz The default position gives a standard metallic analog hi hat Colored down the sound is much...

Page 569: ...se the positive velocity response and make the drum more and more sensitive to the velocities at which you hit the keys pads From the mid position turning the knob to the left as the inverse effect th...

Page 570: ...ail no matter when the note is released although the sound duration will still depend on the Decay parameter see above TONE Section Color Adjusts the center frequency of the filter applied to the soun...

Page 571: ...arameter Veloc ity Element Description SCALE Section Velocity Adjusts the velocity response of the drum Available values range from 100 0 to 100 0 default value At zero mid course the drum is played a...

Page 572: ...s a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 65 0 A short decay produces a closed hat a long decay gives an open hi hat or cymbal Gate When enabled the decay of the cymbal is choked...

Page 573: ...velocity no matter how hard you hit the keys or pads From that mid position by turning the knob to the right you increase the positive velocity response and make the drum more and more sensitive to th...

Page 574: ...fault 50 0 Decay Adjusts the duration of the sound s tail measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 65 0 TONE Section Color Adjusts the cutoff frequency of several low...

Page 575: ...tter how hard you hit the keys or pads From that mid position by turning the knob to the right you increase the positive velocity response and make the drum more sensitive to the velocity at which you...

Page 576: ...y disabling Gate and modulating the Decay in your Pattern This rather advanced task might give you even finer control over the duration of your various hi hat sounds and thereby help you to give your...

Page 577: ...ne selector on the Main page Each engine has a different character and set of parameters as detailed in the following sec tions The Tom provides following engines Tronic default 10 5 1 Tom Tronic Frac...

Page 578: ...n the Plug in panel within the Plug in Strip Mix view See 9 4 The Plug in Strip for more information on this Main Page Element Description MAIN Section Engine Selects the engine used in the Tom Plug i...

Page 579: ...from 0 50 to 13 50 default 6 50 At low values the oscillators are tuned close together giving a detuned sound which can be used for basslines FM Freq Adjusts the frequency of the FM oscillator measur...

Page 580: ...sound will be 10 5 2 Tom Fractal The Fractal tom is a modern electronic tom with a broad sonic range from pure and analog sounding through organic and percussive through bell like to totally alien It...

Page 581: ...ings on the Advanced page see below Decay Adjusts the duration of the sound s tail measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 Bend Adjusts the pitch sweep of the so...

Page 582: ...age contains parameters controlling the individual oscillators Element Description HARMONICS Section KTr Mode Key Tracking Mode Selects from two key tracking modes Harmonic default and Dissonant In Ha...

Page 583: ...s range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 75 0 Note that this control has no effect when FM and AM are set to zero see below FM Adjusts the amount of frequency modulation within the feedback oscillator bank m...

Page 584: ...Al though it is more suitable for floor and low toms it is also capable of producing interesting mid and high toms Furthermore the control over the pitch bend and the mute parameters al low for a wide...

Page 585: ...lasticity of the skin measured as a percentage allowing for a greater pitch bend when the drum is hit Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 30 0 MUTE Section Skin Adjusts the amount of damp...

Page 586: ...Tom With very few parameters it provides a wide range of tom rolls and fills The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the Control area Ar range view The same parameters are avai...

Page 587: ...ent Description SCALE Section Velocity Adjusts the velocity response of the drum Available values range from 100 0 to 100 0 default value At zero mid course the drum is played at full velocity no matt...

Page 588: ...rip As in every Drumsynth the engine can be selected via the Engine selector on the Main page Each engine has a different character and set of parameters as detailed in the following sec tions The Per...

Page 589: ...played across the keyboard The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the Control area Ar range view The same parameters are available in the Plug in panel within the Plug in Strip...

Page 590: ...the other modules the tuning responds immediately when you adjust the Tune parameter Glide Adjusts the glide between the pitch of new notes measured in milliseconds When the Glide parameter is set hig...

Page 591: ...50 0 Freq B Adjusts the pitch of oscillator B within the feedback oscillator bank measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 Note that this parameter has no effect...

Page 592: ...pads From the mid position turning the knob to the left as the inverse effect the harder you hit the key pad the softer the resulting drum sound will be 10 6 2 Percussion Kettle The Kettle percussion...

Page 593: ...of feedback noise applied to the drum measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 25 0 Damp Adjusts the damping amount measured as a percentage Available values range fro...

Page 594: ...ker The Shaker is a versatile electronic shaker maraca engine The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the Control area Ar range view The same parameters are available in the Plu...

Page 595: ...lt and Machine In Realistic mode the envelope uses curved attack and release stages for a more natural sound In Machine mode the envelope uses linear attack hold and release stages for a static machin...

Page 596: ...None by default and played manually during performance or automated in the sequencer By default the shaker plays a pattern according to the Rate parameter on the Advanced page see below When the Fill...

Page 597: ...epeat every 4 shakes the note length of which can be set with the Rate parameter above Syncopated patterns can be created by selecting a value other than 4 or 8 or 3 or 6 if the Rate parameter is set...

Page 598: ...ange from 0 0 to 100 0 default 0 0 Modulation Page As with all other engines and Drumsynths the Modulation page contains one parameter Veloc ity Element Description SCALE Section Velocity Adjusts the...

Page 599: ...ne selected on the Cymbal panel in the Plug in Strip As in every Drumsynth the engine can be selected via the Engine selector on the Main page Each engine has a different character and set of paramete...

Page 600: ...ange view The same parameters are available in the Plug in panel within the Plug in Strip Mix view for more information please refer to section 9 4 The Plug in Strip Main Page Element Description MAIN...

Page 601: ...nd measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 100 0 Tone Adjusts the balance of the spectral content measured as a percentage Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 de...

Page 602: ...y different ways through the use of the Edge and Bell parameters The sonic palette ranges from soft Jazz like rides to more noisy cymbals The parameters described below are presented as they appear in...

Page 603: ...creates a more chaotic sound hitting it near the center 0 0 creates a more high pitched sound Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 50 0 Bell Adjusts the high frequencies on a narrow band...

Page 604: ...hard you hit the keys or pads From that mid position by turning the knob to the right you increase the positive velocity response and make the drum more sensitive to the velocity at which you hit the...

Page 605: ...switch Filter Mod envelope Decay Drive bi polar saturation distortion and Glide Time Integrated with MASCHINE JAM Program bass and acid lines via notes and glides on MA SCHINE JAM direct from the 8x8...

Page 606: ...w where these are described in detail Bass Synth presets can be loaded from the Browser by selecting SOUNDS MASCHINE BASS SYNTH 11 1 1 Parameter Organization The Bass Synth has the same parameters in...

Page 607: ...in Strip provides easy access to parameters and visualization of the oscillator waveform The Bass Synth layout in the Plug in Strip In the top row of the panel are the envelope Mod Amt modulation amo...

Page 608: ...pwards or downwards The waveform shape can be viewed in the Plug in Strip of the Mix view Octave Transposes the base key of the Bass Synth range 3 3 To transpose the base key turn the Octave knob by c...

Page 609: ...nal internally into saturation and 100 controls the drive level of the distortion at the end of the signal chain To adjust the amount of drive turn the Drive knob by clicking and dragging upwards or d...

Page 610: ...s Sound in the various Dest selectors in the Output properties of other Sounds and Groups See section 12 1 Applying Effects to a Sound a Group or the Master below for more infor mation Most of the fea...

Page 611: ...he whole Group click the desired Group on the left of the Arranger and click the GROUP tab in the top left cor ner of the Control area 3 If you want to apply the effect to a Sound click its parent Gro...

Page 612: ...List appears nearby showing a stack of all Plug ins al ready loaded in the channel In the Plug in List each Plug in has its own slot 2 Click the icon under the last Plug in in the list or at the top i...

Page 613: ...s for Native Instruments products or External for third party products submenu at the top of the list Upon your selection the effect is loaded in a new Plug in slot at the end of the list and directly...

Page 614: ...parameters for each MASCHINE effect please refer to chapter 13 Effect Reference For additional specific information on VST AU plug ins please read 6 2 6 Page 6 Veloc ity Modwheel If you created a nic...

Page 615: ...corner of the Mixer click in the blank space above the Master label and headphones icon to set the focus to the Master Cue channel strip If necessary click Master in that header to switch from the Cu...

Page 616: ...he effect is loaded and directly starts to process the audio of the channel The effect also appears in the Plug in Strip under the Mixer allowing you to adjust its parameters In fact you don t need to...

Page 617: ...you want to load the effect the name of the Plug in currently loaded in the selected slot appears between the left and right arrows under Button 5 and 6 as well as on the left display If you want to...

Page 618: ...n Please refer to section 3 2 Searching and Loading Files from the Library for more information Instead of loading the effect into the selected Plug in slot possibly replacing the Plug in currently lo...

Page 619: ...rowser or from your operating system drag and drop the desired effect preset between two existing Plug in slots Replace an effect Open the Plug in menu and select another effect from the menu Remove a...

Page 620: ...he Parameter area at the left of the first page tab Mix view In the Plug in Strip under the Mixer click the little arrow in the top left corner of the effect panel Save the current settings as default...

Page 621: ...slot respectively Bypass the effect Press SHIFT Button 7 Recall an effect preset Use the Browser press BROWSE to access and load any effect preset See section 3 2 Searching and Loading Files from the...

Page 622: ...re resulting in a typical pumping effect between kick and bass that can be heard in various styles of dance mu sic The Side Chain Parameter Page The following Internal Native Instruments and External...

Page 623: ...l you want to use as side chain signal to control the Plug in Available options are None side chain disabled default setting the outputs of all other Sounds and the outputs of all other Groups In the...

Page 624: ...in supporting side chain This notably allows you to try different compressors or different compression presets without losing the side chain setup 12 2 Applying Effects to External Audio MASCHINE s fl...

Page 625: ...have connected an external audio signal source to your audio inter face and that the inputs of the audio interface are activated To do this 1 Select the Preferences entry from the File menu to open t...

Page 626: ...your audio interface will be available on the In 1 L input of MASCHINE and so on See 2 6 2 Preferences Audio Page for more information on the Audio page of the Preferences panel Using Effects Applyin...

Page 627: ...unds Input properties in section 8 1 1 Sending External Audio to Sounds There are two ways to access the Input signal controls using the controller Method 1 Using the Channel Page On your controller f...

Page 628: ...top left of the right display under Button 5 6 2 Press SHIFT NAVIGATE pad 1 to select the Audio Parameter page You can also press the Page Left button until it turns off since the Audio page is the f...

Page 629: ...o that it processes the incoming audio 1 At the far left of the Control area click the Plug in icon to display the Plug ins of the Sound The icon lights up The Plug in List appears nearby Since we hav...

Page 630: ...l as under Button 5 6 on the right display i e there are no Plug ins to navigate yet 2 Press SHIFT BROWSE to open the Plug in Browser and browse the available Instrument and Effect Plug ins 3 Turn Kno...

Page 631: ...via the Output properties of the corresponding Sounds and Groups 12 3 2 Step 2 Route Audio to the Send Effect 12 3 1 Step 1 Set Up a Sound or Group as Send Effect The procedure to set up a Sound or G...

Page 632: ...n at the top of the Plug in List The Plug in menu opens and shows a list of all available Instrument and Effect Plug ins 4 Click the desired effect in the list If you have VST AU effect plug ins insta...

Page 633: ...gnals to that send effect see section 12 3 2 Step 2 Route Audio to the Send Effect below To rename the Sound slot 1 Double click the name of the Sound slot in the Sound List The name becomes highlight...

Page 634: ...oose between MASCHINE internal instruments and effects In ternal VST AU plug ins from Native Instruments NI or VST AU plug ins from third party manufacturers External 7 Turn Knob 2 to set SUBTYPE to E...

Page 635: ...ename the Sound slot to the Plug in name this will be of great help when routing other signals to that send effect see section 12 3 2 Step 2 Route Audio to the Send Effect below You can rename the Sou...

Page 636: ...fect press Button 2 to select the GROUP tab if necessary press SHIFT the Group button A H corresponding to the bank containing the Group and press the Group button A H corresponding to the desired Gro...

Page 637: ...the Sound number in the example underneath we selected the entry A1 S1 1 for the Aux 1 output 7 Use Knob 2 Aux 1 LEVEL to adjust the level of the signal sent to that auxiliary output The signal of ea...

Page 638: ...ffects can be of great help to save CPU power Using one reverb for many Sounds and Groups instead of loading another reverb in each Sound Group makes a big dif ference on the CPU load You can adjust a...

Page 639: ...f Effect Plug ins in each Sound you can set up the whole sequence of effects in series into one single Sound However it might be judicious to split your sequence of effects across several Sounds whose...

Page 640: ...ides various shortcuts allowing a quicker and easier control of your Sounds Main output These can be of great help when building complex multi effects Saving Your Multi Effects You can then save the w...

Page 641: ...Groups of the Multi FX type in the LIBRARY pane Using Effects Creating Multi Effects MASCHINE Manual 641...

Page 642: ...delays reverbs and distortions as well as engineering tools such as EQs dynamics and filters But we have also provided you with a series of unique and unusual effects such as Reflex Ice and Resochord...

Page 643: ...at have a very wide dy namic range In addition to the legacy Classic mode the Compressor provides an alternate Feedback mode If this effect is used in a Sound or a Group it also provides a Side Chain...

Page 644: ...oft whereas with a high setting the Compressor abruptly starts to work once the threshold is reached Amount The amount of compression effect often called ratio in typical applications TIME Section Att...

Page 645: ...The Compressor on the controller MAIN page Side Chain Input Page The Compressor in the Control area Side Chain Input page Effect Reference Dynamics MASCHINE Manual 645...

Page 646: ...umber S Sound number e g A1 S4 for the Sound 4 of Group A1 Gain Adjusts the input level of the side chain signal fed into the Plug in FILTER Section Filter Activates a filter on the side chain input T...

Page 647: ...input level with the position of the Threshold fader you can easily see you which parts of the signal will be compressed and adjust the Threshold fader accordingly An additional GR level meter indicat...

Page 648: ...s of the signal through the Gate TIME Section Attack Use Attack to adjust how fast the Gate reacts to the incoming signal the more you dial it to the right the slower it will react resulting in a soft...

Page 649: ...t rises above the threshold OUTPUT Section Mix Mix lets you adjust the amount of the effect in relation to the dry original audio signal The Gate on the controller MAIN page Side Chain Input Page The...

Page 650: ...umber S Sound number e g A1 S4 for the Sound 4 of Group A1 Gain Adjusts the input level of the side chain signal fed into the Plug in FILTER Section Filter Activates a filter on the side chain input T...

Page 651: ...ize or attenuate the transients of your audio materi al by modifying the envelopes of every attack and sustain phase For example by increasing the attacks of a snare or a kick you can build powerful p...

Page 652: ...level once you have set the desired effect in order to counterbalance the gain or loss of level that might occur Attack Sharpens softens the attack phases in your signal With the knob at the middle po...

Page 653: ...alue as this may produce amplified attack phases which become too loud The Transient Master on the controller 13 1 4 Limiter The Limiter does two things firstly it ensures that the signal level stays...

Page 654: ...are Legacy and Transparent DEPTH Section Transparent mode only Threshold This value determines the threshold where the Limiter kicks in If you use it to prevent your signal from clipping leave it at...

Page 655: ...seconds from 1 0ms to 500 0ms default 1 0ms OUTPUT Section Ceiling Adjusts the maximum output level or ceiling The signal will not rise above this Available values range in decibels from 40 0 dB to 0...

Page 656: ...s the input level of the side chain signal fed into the Plug in Available values range from 0 00 dB to 1 00 default 1 00 FILTER Section Filter Activates a filter on the side chain input This filter ca...

Page 657: ...t level By comparing this input level with the position of the Threshold fader you can easily see which parts of the signal will be limited and adjust the Threshold fader accordingly 13 1 5 Maximizer...

Page 658: ...e amount of the Maximizer effect Turn the knob clockwise to increase the loudness of the signal Curve Controls the compression knee higher values tend to result in faster and more aggressive gain cont...

Page 659: ...The Maximizer on the controller MAIN page Side Chain Input Page The Maximizer in the Control area Side Chain Input page Effect Reference Dynamics MASCHINE Manual 659...

Page 660: ...umber S Sound number e g A1 S4 for the Sound 4 of Group A1 Gain Adjusts the input level of the side chain signal fed into the Plug in FILTER Section Filter Activates a filter on the side chain input T...

Page 661: ...EQ is mainly a tool to tailor your audio signal to taste by cutting out selected frequencies or boosting others but can also be used as a DJ style cut and boost effect Please note that in the Control...

Page 662: ...uated by LOW MID Section Freq Frequency selector for the first mid frequency band Ranges from 40 Hz to 16 kHz Gain This determines how much the selected frequency is increased attenuated by HIGH MID S...

Page 663: ...is increased attenuated by The EQ on the controller FREQ GAIN page Width Output Page The EQ in the Control area Width Output page Parameter Description LOW MID Section Width Bandwidth control for the...

Page 664: ...a LFO or envelope There are many applications for a filter it can be used to emulate a synthesizer more realistically or to filter out selected frequencies and create filter sweeps If this effect is u...

Page 665: ...unt of amplification near the cutoff frequency It is not available with filter mode Notch MOD Section Amount This defines how much the Filter gets modulated by the modulation source Source Here you ca...

Page 666: ...me Phase Adjusts the start phase of the LFO Source Envelope Decay With Decay you adjust how fast the envelope fades out Smooth Smooths the shape of the envelope Shape Change the shape of the envelope...

Page 667: ...r S Sound number e g A1 S4 for the Sound 4 of Group A1 Gain Adjusts the input level of the side chain signal fed into the Plug in FILTER Section Filter Activates a filter on the side chain input This...

Page 668: ...phone component that proves full control over all the post amp stages of recording a guitar tone Cabinet Emulation includes the four cabinet types and the variable positioning of six different microph...

Page 669: ...net British Cabinet Vintage Cabinet Modern Cabinet MICROPHONE Section Microphone Selects from six different microphone types which includes Dynamic 57 Dynamic 421 Dynamic 441 Ribbon 121 Condenser 47 C...

Page 670: ...enhance or add stereo content It is most effec tive on melodic sounds but can also be used on hi hats to make them more vivid or on a voice sample to create a doubling effect thereby making it sound a...

Page 671: ...ount of the effect in relation to the dry original audio signal The Chorus on the controller 13 3 2 Flanger Classic flanger effect with LFO and envelope modulation The Flanger sounds a bit like the Ch...

Page 672: ...ut Invert Inverts the Flanger MOD Section Amount This defines how much the Flanger gets modulated by the modulation source Source Here you can select the modulation source of the Flanger available opt...

Page 673: ...r widens the stereo field of the effect OUTPUT Section Mix Mix lets you adjust the amount of the effect in relation to the dry original audio signal The Flanger on the controller 13 3 3 FM FM modulate...

Page 674: ...requencies via a crossover Turn to the right to affect higher frequencies It can be useful to eliminate noise artifacts caused by FM of very high signals With high Split settings the effect becomes mo...

Page 675: ...of the audio signal by a user specified amount With high frequencies it sounds like a pitch shifter with low frequencies it sounds like a spe cial chorus The Freq Shifter panel in the Plug in Strip Th...

Page 676: ...Increasing this parameter will increase the intensity of the effect Stereo This parameter widens the stereo field of the effect Invert Inverts the settings of the Freq Shifter Mix Mix lets you adjust...

Page 677: ...8Pole Activating this causes the Phaser to use the 8Pole mode resulting in a more intense phasing effect MOD Section Amount This defines how much the Phaser gets modulated by the modulation source Sou...

Page 678: ...ycle every 16 bars up to 1 16 note Shape Envelope Change the shape of the envelope here Stereo This parameter widens the stereo field of the effect OUTPUT Section Mix Mix lets you adjust the amount of...

Page 679: ...Come Into My Disco from the MASCHINE factory library you can hear how it creates deep soundscapes during the break in Scene 6 The Ice panel in the Plug in Strip The Ice in the Control area Parameter...

Page 680: ...effect in relation to the dry original audio signal The Ice on the controller 13 4 2 Metaverb Like the Reverb the Metaverb adds spatial room information However in contrast to the Re verb it has a mu...

Page 681: ...and EQ to cut or boost high frequencies POSITION Section Pan This pans the dry signal This is useful because the dry signal can not be panned after the effect without panning the reverb itself which i...

Page 682: ...he Reflex can be useful to emulate small tight rooms At more extreme settings it can produce interesting artificial metallic textures Automating the Color parameter usually yields very pleasing result...

Page 683: ...the brighter it sounds Smooth With this parameter you can soften the metallic character of Reflex Size Adjust the size of the virtual room here OUTPUT Section Mix Mix lets you adjust the amount of th...

Page 684: ...atural sound for all sorts of other signals The Reverb panel in the Plug in Strip The Reverb in the Control area Parameter Description ROOM Section Room This allows you to choose one of four basic cha...

Page 685: ...ing Freeze both mutes the dry signal and traps the current state of the Reverb output in a temporary buffer to make it last much longer This is a powerful tool for playing live By simultaneously tweak...

Page 686: ...The Room mode is suited to drum and percussive sounds and particularly sounds good when used on snares Modulate the Room Size and Pre Delay parameters to create special effects The Reverb effect in th...

Page 687: ...clockwise to increase the perceived size of the room and reverb reflections Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 20 0 COLOR Section Damping Adjusts damping of the high frequencies in the...

Page 688: ...creative ways Available values can be adjusted in milliseconds from 0 0ms to 250 0ms default 0 0ms OUTPUT Section Mix Adjusts the ratio between the effect wet signal and original dry signals Availabl...

Page 689: ...suitable for ambient or experimental music Modulate the Room Size and Pre Delay pa rameters to create special effects The Reverb effect in the Plug in Strip The Reverb in the Control area Main page de...

Page 690: ...unt A value of 0 turns the delay modulation off Available values range from 0 0 to 100 0 default 40 0 Softness Alters the balance between early reflections and the late reverb tail It also changes the...

Page 691: ...emulates a plate reverberator Partly inspired by a legendary plate reverb system this efficient reverb effect can be used in numerous situations Its controls make the Plate Re verb easy to use while...

Page 692: ...in relation to the dry original audio signal 13 5 Delays 13 5 1 Beat Delay The Beat Delay is specialized for creating delays that are synced to the tempo If you wonder how this sounds load up the Proj...

Page 693: ...y in relation to the tempo Feedback Adjusts the amount of output signal fed back into the input Higher values produce more copies of the signal and longer decays Crossover Allows for panning the feedb...

Page 694: ...effect Mix Mix lets you adjust the amount of the effect in relation to the dry original audio signal The Beat Delay on the controller MAIN page Unit Page The Beat Delay in the Control area Unit page...

Page 695: ...ient textures Increase Size Space and Density to quickly transform any sound into an evolving ambient texture As a unique experimental effect it is best experienced firsthand Please note that in the C...

Page 696: ...r Introduces artifacts into the grains Reverse Produces a reverse playback of the grain CLOUD Section Space Determines the spacing between the grain clouds the higher the value the bigger the space be...

Page 697: ...utput Page The Grain Delay in the Control area Output page Parameter Description OUTPUT Section Stereo This parameter widens the stereo field of the effect Values go from 0 no stereo to 100 full stere...

Page 698: ...3 Grain Stretch The Grain Stretch effect uses granular synthesis to manipulate the speed and pitch of the in coming signal The Grain Stretch panel in the Plug in Strip The Grain Stretch in the Contro...

Page 699: ...retch amount Set to 50 0 for half speed Loop Sets a loop length in 1 16th steps PITCH Section Pitch Adjusts the pitch of the grains Link When on grain size is corrected by the pitch Size Adjusts the s...

Page 700: ...hord panel in the Plug in Strip The Resochord in the Control area Parameter Description PITCH Section Mode Here you can select between the two modes of the Resochord Chord and String In Chord mode the...

Page 701: ...o transpose the Resochord in semitones COLOR Section Brightness This is to determine the basic sound characteristic of the Resochord higher values will brighten the sound by adding high frequencies Fe...

Page 702: ...rs This effect is special because of the feedback it creates The Distortion panel in the Plug in Strip The Distortion in the Control area Parameter Description MAIN Section Drive Determines the basic...

Page 703: ...ck settings Release This parameter determines how fast the distorted sound dies down when the Gate is enabled Mix Mix lets you adjust the amount of the effect in relation to the dry original audio sig...

Page 704: ...5 Hz which results in a hissy crackle BITCRUSH Section Bits Introduces a distortion based on bit reduction Smooth Reduces the aliasing introduced by the Lofi effect Stereo Widens the stereo field of t...

Page 705: ...n select the desired mode via the Mode selector Since the three modes provide different sets of parame ters each of them is described separately below The Saturator panel here in Tube mode in the Plug...

Page 706: ...put Controls the input gain of the effect Increasing Input will also increase the amount of compression performed on the audio signal Contour Determines how closely the Saturator responds to the input...

Page 707: ...ry according to the mode selected here Input Controls the input gain of the effect This affects the amount of tape distortion and compression Contour Controls the high frequency roll off starting freq...

Page 708: ...djust the amount of feedback At 0 full left the feedback loop is disabled Increase the Charge value to strengthen the effect Higher values additionally generate an interesting compression like effect...

Page 709: ...olume caused by input gain and signal compression 13 6 4 Analog Distortion The Analog Distortion be used to add grit to Drums and Percussion Lead Synths and Guitars The Analog Distortion panel in the...

Page 710: ...from 0 0 to 100 0 default 100 0 Focus Switches the frequency range of the processed signal pulling it slightly further forwards in the mix The effect is more pronounced when Definition is set to lowe...

Page 711: ...d ic sound sources An additional plate reverb lets you pick out individual notes with your fin ger and have them ring out for several seconds For more information see section 13 7 5 Ring Stutter Stutt...

Page 712: ...r Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Filter Perform FX in the Control area Main Page Parameter Description MODE Section Mode Select an effect TOUCHSTRIP Section Effect Reference Perform FX MASCHINE Manua...

Page 713: ...nce will sound more pronounced at lower saturation settings and vice versa Setup Page Parameter Description RANGE Section Min Freq Sets the lower limit for cutoff frequency Max Freq Sets the upper lim...

Page 714: ...Flanger Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Flanger Perform FX in the Control area Main Page Parameter Description MODE Mode Select an effect TOUCHSTRIP Effect Reference Perform FX MASCHINE Manual 714...

Page 715: ...ive polarity lowers the pitch by an octave and produces a slightly hollower sound Tone Offers the choice between Flanger mode essentially a straightforward comb filter or short delay and Phaser mode w...

Page 716: ...urst Echo Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Burst Echo Perform FX in the Control area Main Page Parameter Description MODE Mode Select an effect TOUCHSTRIP Effect Reference Perform FX MASCHINE Manual 71...

Page 717: ...CHO Time Controls the delay time either continuously or in quantized divisions according to the Time Mode Time Mode Sets the rhythm mode of the delay either in quantized note divisions Straight Dotted...

Page 718: ...the length of the burst of audio to feed into the delay input whenever the effect is initially activated Shorter burst lengths e g 100 150ms are useful for picking out notes or drum hits Longer burst...

Page 719: ...Reso Echo Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Reso Echo Perform FX in the Control area Main Page Parameter Description MODE Mode Select an effect TOUCHSTRIP Effect Reference Perform FX MASCHINE Manual 719...

Page 720: ...unprocessed and the wet signal is added on top according to the Wet Level parameter In Insert mode the dry signal is processed with a filter and the wet signal is added on top The Wet Level parameter...

Page 721: ...uality to melodic sound sources Using the additional plate reverb tweak a knob or Smart Strip to hand pick in dividual notes and keep them ringing into the stratosphere Ring Perform FX in the Plug in...

Page 722: ...ators converge to a single modulation frequency At higher Spread values the oscillator frequencies become further apart Glide Sets the smoothing rate of the control position allowing for pitch slides...

Page 723: ...dry signal is muted entirely leav ing silence except when the effect is activated This is useful for using Ring as an instrument with a sustained sound e g a pad as source material 13 7 6 Stutter Tur...

Page 724: ...Stutter Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Stutter Perform FX in the Control area Main Page Parameter Description MODE Mode Select an effect TOUCHSTRIP Effect Reference Perform FX MASCHINE Manual 724...

Page 725: ...trol is assigned to Pitch Otherwise each of these parameters has no effect and is respectively hidden LOOP Direction Controls the looping direction Forward always forward Reverse always reverse or Bot...

Page 726: ...motion and wobble on the fly Instantly add expression with multiple modes Rate and Depth ranges and use the Stereo knob to create auto pan motion effects Tremolo Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Tremo...

Page 727: ...s the playback speed of the audio much like moving the pitch control on a turntable or tape player and Freq Shift which uses a modulated frequency shifter Freq Shift produces a somewhat detuned sound...

Page 728: ...ls the rate of the modulation when the parameter position is set to 0 Rate Max Controls the rate of the modulation when the parameter position is set to 100 13 7 8 Scratcher Scratcher warps your sound...

Page 729: ...Scratcher Perform FX in the Plug in Strip Scratcher Perform FX in the Control area Main Page Parameter Description MODE Mode Select an effect TOUCHSTRIP Effect Reference Perform FX MASCHINE Manual 729...

Page 730: ...er values produce a delay effect Shorter values result in a comb filtering effect The Position parameter acts as a further scale factor on this delay time Feedback Controls the delay feedback Freq Shi...

Page 731: ...o a Scene Alternatively the Arranger view allows you to structure your song by allowing you to assign the Scenes you created in the Ideas view to Sections on the Timeline and move them around to quick...

Page 732: ...ou can also use the right click menu to Clear Duplicate or Delete Scenes as well as organize your Scenes by selecting the Rename or Color options 2 Pattern area All Patterns in your Song are represent...

Page 733: ...Pattern Editor see Pattern Editor and the Group s Channel properties and Plug in parameters in the Control area see Control Area 2 Arranger timeline This area displays the current position within the...

Page 734: ...Arranger Use the horizontal zooming scroll bar as follows Click the main part 1 of the scroll bar and hold the mouse button then Drag your mouse horizontally to scroll through the Arranger on the time...

Page 735: ...all of them don t fit in the Arranger The classic scroll bar right of the Arranger You can also adjust the height of the Arranger in order to display more less Groups at once by dragging its bottom ri...

Page 736: ...will now switch to the next portion of your Project with the same zoom factor as soon as the playhead reaches the end of the portion currently displayed This way you always see the portion of your Pr...

Page 737: ...h to the next 16 steps of the Pattern if any See section 7 4 2 Creating Events Notes for more information on Step mode 14 1 3 Jumping to Other Sections MASCHINE provides you with two additional settin...

Page 738: ...the Perform Grid and the Retrigger setting can be adjusted in the MASCHINE Header Adjusting the Perform Grid and Retrigger setting To adjust the Perform Grid click the value left of the SYNC label in...

Page 739: ...iew of all your Scenes Patterns and Groups Here you can create a Scene by selecting a Pattern for each Group duplicate your Scenes clear a Scene and more importantly trigger your Scenes to so you can...

Page 740: ...ating Scenes You can create a new Scene directly in the Ideas view Creating a Scene in Ideas View To create a new Scene click the button located after all existing Scene names in the top row of the Id...

Page 741: ...sible to assign and remove Patterns by clicking the Pattern slots Any changes made in Arranger view or Ideas view is one and the same Assigning and Removing a Pattern in Ideas View 1 Select a Scene sl...

Page 742: ...You can also remove a Pattern from a Scene in Ideas view Click the highlighted Pattern for any Group to remove it from the Scene The Pattern is removed from the Scene The corresponding Pattern will no...

Page 743: ...essed an unlit pad a new empty Pattern is automatically created in the selected Scene In both cases any Pattern previously existing for that Group in the Scene will be replaced Furthermore the followi...

Page 744: ...hat this Scene is selected Once a Scene Has Been Selected Once you have selected a Scene the following happens The selected Patterns slots for the focused Scene are highlighted The Pattern slot with a...

Page 745: ...but empty For more information on clearing Scenes see section 14 2 7 Clearing Scenes 14 2 6 Creating and Deleting Scene Banks A new Scene bank is automatically created once you fill an entire bank wit...

Page 746: ...settings made in the Default page of the Preferences Together they offer you options to duplicate Scenes duplicate Scenes and Patterns link when duplicating Sections For more information on the Defau...

Page 747: ...After the mouse is released a duplicate copy of the Scene is created 14 2 9 Reordering Scenes Reordering Scenes in Ideas view allows you to visually organize your ideas and also place each idea on a s...

Page 748: ...n insertion line appears at the potential places where you can drop the Scene 3 When the insertion line appears at the desired location release the mouse button The Scene takes its new place On your c...

Page 749: ...cating Scenes To make a Scene unique in the Ideas view In the top row of the Ideas view right click Ctrl click on macOS the name of the Scene you want to make unique and select Unique from the context...

Page 750: ...g the Scene to an ap propriate place on the Timeline of the Arranger 14 2 12 Naming Scenes By default Scenes are named Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 etc You can rename Scenes and use custom names of your ow...

Page 751: ...e is renamed If you use MASCHINE as a plug in some hosts will utilize the Enter key as it is map ped to some function of the host software In this case click anywhere else in the MA SCHINE plug in win...

Page 752: ...ct By default Scenes are white But you can choose another default color for Scenes in Preferences Colors Scene Default See section 2 6 8 Preferences Colors Page for more information Once you have set...

Page 753: ...all One powerful aspect of the relationship between the Ideas view and Arranger view is that the content in these two areas are actually one in the same This means that if you make a change to a Scen...

Page 754: ...empty Sec tion slots The selected Section bank is surrounded by a white border bank 2 in the pic ture above If there are too many Section banks to fit into the Section Manager s height use the scroll...

Page 755: ...ware To create a new Section click the button located after all existing Section names in the top row of the Arranger view Click the button to create a new Section A new empty Section is created after...

Page 756: ...ton 3 ARRANGER to access the Arranger view 2 Press SCENE then turn Knob 2 to select the Scene you want to add to the Section The selected Scene is added to the Section By repeating this for each new S...

Page 757: ...a Section in the Section Manager do the following 1 Open the Section Manager see 14 3 1 Section Management Overview 2 If it is not already selected select the Section bank containing the desired Secti...

Page 758: ...focused Group in this Section If there is no Pattern for the focused Group in the Section you have just selected the Pat tern Editor is empty Additionally if the selected Section is outside the curre...

Page 759: ...r view Press and hold SCENE to enter Section mode or pin it by pressing SCENE Button 1 The right display shows the names of your Section slots Additionally the selected Sec tion slot is highlighted Pr...

Page 760: ...us next Section bank respec tively If the last Section bank is selected and not empty pressing SHIFT Right Arrow button will create a new empty Section bank see section 14 3 12 Creating and Deleting S...

Page 761: ...he mouse button drag your mouse horizontally in the Arranger to the de sired location As the mouse cursor moves an insertion line appears at the potential places where you can drop the Section 3 When...

Page 762: ...y default the length of a Section is automatically set to the longest Pattern used within the referenced Scene Auto Length unless the length of the Section is manually set to a specific bar range Manu...

Page 763: ...always start at the beginning of the Section 14 3 6 1 Adjusting the Length of a Section Using the Software Variable Section length allows you to lengthen or shorten a Scene on the Timeline of the Ar...

Page 764: ...layback When adjusting the size of a Section the following rules apply The value set in the Arrange Grid is used for length increments For more information on Arrange Grid read 14 6 The Arrange Grid W...

Page 765: ...it right will lengthen the Section 5 Press SHIFT and turn Knob 4 to change the Section length in smaller increments The Section length is adjusted accordingly 14 3 7 Assigning and Removing Patterns Ea...

Page 766: ...pon your selection the Pattern is inserted into the selected Section The Pattern replaces any previous Pattern for that Group in the Section The Pattern displays its name and color The Pattern is inse...

Page 767: ...The Pattern is removed from the Section The corresponding Pattern will not be played by that Section anymore The Pattern itself is left untouched If the Pattern was the longest in the Section the Sect...

Page 768: ...any unlit pad to duplicate the Section The selected Section is duplicated in accordance with the setting in the Default page of the Preferences 14 3 8 1 Making Sections Unique At any time you can make...

Page 769: ...ng any the original Sections Making a Section Unique on the Hardware To make a Section unique on the hardware 1 Press SHIFT SCENE 2 Select the Section you want to make unique by pressing the pad 3 Pre...

Page 770: ...information on clearing Sections see section 14 3 11 Clearing Sec tions Removing Sections on the Controller To remove a Section using your controller 1 Press NAVIGATE Button 3 ARRANGER to enter Arran...

Page 771: ...RASE SCENE pad to remove the corresponding Section 14 3 10 Renaming Scenes By default Sections are named after the Scene they reference Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 etc To organize your song you can use cu...

Page 772: ...where else in the MA SCHINE plug in window to confirm the name you have entered 14 3 11 Clearing Sections Clearing a Section allows you to remove the referenced Scene leaving the Section empty Clearin...

Page 773: ...ns Deleting Section Banks using the Controller To delete a Section bank 1 Press NAVIGATE Button 3 ARRANGER to enter Arranger view 2 Press and hold SCENE to enter SECTION mode 3 Press Button 7 and 8 to...

Page 774: ...al Length settings are discarded and the Section is re sized according to the Patterns in the assigned Scene and will continue to resize with the con tent unless the length is again manually adjusted...

Page 775: ...d for composing practicing a part before recording recording multiple takes etc The loop range is permanently visible even when it is deactivate and the range of the loop can be altered at any time us...

Page 776: ...e dedicated Loop page To set the loop range using MASCHINE 1 Press and hold SHIFT RESTART LOOP to access the Loop screen 2 Press Button 5 LOOP to activate the loop 3 Turn Knob 3 START to set the start...

Page 777: ...rmation on exporting audio Alternatively if you are preparing a track for performing live you will probably want to switch back and forth between different Scenes in Ideas view during your performance...

Page 778: ...n This allows seamless jumps that don t break the rhythm of your music If the Pattern Grid is set to Off i e disabled or Quick the playhead position is retained relative to the current bar For more in...

Page 779: ...For example in MASCHINE MIDI note number 0 is referred to as C 2 and MIDI note num ber 60 middle C as C3 Please refer to the documentation of your host to know which convention is used Program Change...

Page 780: ...he Trigger submenu for Scene and Section select MIDI Note to trigger via MIDI notes Program Change to trigger via MIDI Program Change messages or None default setting to disable MIDI Change completely...

Page 781: ...he bottom left corner of the Arranger area and can be activated deactivated by toggling the Grid symbol 1 Click the Grid symbol next to the value to enable the Arrange Grid 2 Click the current Arrange...

Page 782: ...2 Press Button 3 to select ARRANGE 3 Press Button 5 or the corresponding pad to select an Arrange Grid value The selected Arrange Grid value is applied To Disable the Arrange Grid Press Button 8 or pa...

Page 783: ...st you can map your Samples to particular Zones thereby creating multi sam ple Sounds with individual velocity and note ranges volume and panning This is useful to em ulate the behavior of classic ins...

Page 784: ...o create Slices from your existing Samples 15 4 Slicing a Sample The Zone page allows you to assign your Samples to particular note and velocity ranges called Zones in your Sound and to adjust various...

Page 785: ...top Adjusting the source and mode of the recording in the software Selecting the Source to Record Click the SOURCE selector on the left to select the type of source you want to record To record extern...

Page 786: ...wo available recording modes Sync If Sync is selected you can synchronize the recording function to the sequencer so that the recording starts in sync with the sequencer after you clicked Start The re...

Page 787: ...he THRESHOLD control de scribed above This way you can easily visualize when the input signal exceeds the current threshold and hence when it would start the recording and adjust that threshold accord...

Page 788: ...o stop the recording at the next bar or Cancel to cancel the recording in that case the recorded audio will not be saved When recording in Detect mode The recording will start as soon as the input sig...

Page 789: ...utomatically loaded in the first Plug in slot of the Sound ready to play your new recording All Plug ins previously loaded in that Sound are removed The Sound slot takes the name of your recording The...

Page 790: ...d the audio is recorded for the duration set by the LENGTH control see section 15 2 2 Selecting the Source and the Recording Mode above You can also press Button 5 STOP beforehand to stop the recordin...

Page 791: ...e information bar above The recording is automatically appended to the Recording History of the Sound and select ed see section 15 2 5 Checking Your Recordings below A Sampler Plug in is automatically...

Page 792: ...our last recording Use the scroll wheel of your mouse to zoom in out You can also use the zooming scroll bar 2 When the Sample is played back e g by pressing the pad or by clicking the little play ico...

Page 793: ...etect mode 4 Information bar Displays the file name and the length of the recorded Sample Click and hold the little play icon on the left to listen to the Sample on the Cue bus see section 9 2 6 Using...

Page 794: ...city range Any existing Zones will be replaced The Recording History is not saved with the Project The Recording History is meant as a temporary tool to help you manage the various recordings made dur...

Page 795: ...to help you manage the various recordings made during the current ses sion When you close the current Project the Recording History is cleared for all Sounds nevertheless all your recordings are save...

Page 796: ...s in that page will affect this particular Sample For example If you have just recorded a Sample it will directly appear here If you have recorded more than one Sample the Sampled selected in the Reco...

Page 797: ...er Plug in in the Sound and creates a Zone over the entire key and velocity ranges for the dragged Sample Use the scroll wheel of your mouse to zoom in out You can also use the zooming scroll bar 4 Pl...

Page 798: ...pplied Adjust the current selection range by dragging its borders or move it by dragging its top part Double click anywhere in the waveform to set the selection range to the play range i e to select e...

Page 799: ...y the entire waveform Alterna tively you can use the scroll wheel of your mouse when hovering the waveform display 1 to zoom in out 5 PLAY RANGE section Adjusts the range that will be played when you...

Page 800: ...at any time by pressing the corresponding pad on your controller When the Sample is played back the playhead indicator vertical line shows you the current play position within the waveform on the righ...

Page 801: ...s can be created and adjusted in the ZONE page see section 15 5 4 Selecting and Editing Zones in the Map View Note that the loop will always stay within the play range Therefore when moving the Sample...

Page 802: ...f the Sample as defined by the Start and End parameters of the SE LECTION RANGE section see 15 3 1 Using the Edit Page above To apply any audio function to the selected region in your Sample click the...

Page 803: ...able headroom SILENCE This silences the selected region of the Sample CUT This deletes the selected region from the Sample and places it into the clipboard for later use COPY This copies the selected...

Page 804: ...llows the pitch shifted audio to retain the timbre or color of the original audio as much as possible This is especially useful for melodic instruments MODE Selects between Beat and Free mode In Beat...

Page 805: ...audio in bars Please note that any change to the SRC BPM value see above will be automatically mirrored by this LENGTH value Once you have set the number of bars in the source audio you can set here...

Page 806: ...RT and END parameters of the SELECTION RANGE section on page 2 see 15 3 1 Using the Edit Page These audio processing functions are destructive i e they modify the audio material in the Sample However...

Page 807: ...es the selected region from the Sample and places it into the clipboard for later use COPY This copies the selected region of the Sample to the clipboard for later use PASTE This pastes the cut copied...

Page 808: ...the original audio as much as possible This is especially useful for melodic instruments MODE Selects from the two available time shifting modes BEAT In Beat mode the new tempo is defined relative to...

Page 809: ...empo of the time shifted audio in BPM LENGTH Stretch Length Beat mode with Auto Detection enabled only If AUTO DTCT is enabled you can define the length of the target audio in bars Please note that an...

Page 810: ...ice page SLICE page on the controller 15 4 1 Opening the Slice Page 2 Choose a method for slicing along with a few settings depending on the chosen method 15 4 2 Adjusting the Slicing Settings 3 If yo...

Page 811: ...g the Slice Page In the software slicing a Sample is done in the Slice page of the Sample Editor In the Sample Editor click the Slice tab at the top to open the Slice page The Slice page looks as foll...

Page 812: ...of the Slice page Any change to these settings will directly affect the number and position of the Slice markers displayed on the waveform above At any time you can prelisten to the proposed Slices o...

Page 813: ...ly The Sample Slicer Manual mode Auto Snap feature automatically aligns Slice points to the nearest transient as you manually trigger the slicing from the pads It can be turned off so that slice point...

Page 814: ...lso in monophonic synthesizers that are only capable of playing one note at a time BPM BPM Mode Selects how the tempo is defined If you select Auto MASCHINE will calculate the tempo automatically If y...

Page 815: ...us see section 9 2 6 Using the Cue Bus for more information For more information on the Cue channel please refer to section 9 2 6 Using the Cue Bus If there are more than 16 Slices you can select whic...

Page 816: ...nd notes AUTO SNAP Manual mode only The Sample Slicer Manual mode Auto Snap feature automatically aligns Slice points to the nearest transient as you manually trigger the slicing from the pads It can...

Page 817: ...eters is available at the bottom of the left display the ENGINE section When MODE is set to DETECT press the Right Page button to show the ENGINE section The ENGINE section This ENGINE section contain...

Page 818: ...e 2 Press Button 3 to select SLICE to open the SLICE tab 3 Turn Knob 1 to select Manual mode Pad 1 will begin to flash to indicate that the first Slice can be added 4 Press Pad 1 to add the first Slic...

Page 819: ...above you can also adjust Slices manually us ing your mouse the waveform display and the various edit tools at your disposal You can directly adjust your Slices manually by selecting Manual in the MOD...

Page 820: ...ample As Opens a Save Sample As dialog allowing to save the Slice under as a distinct file on your computer By default you can adjust Slices with your mouse as follows Click inside a Slice i e anywher...

Page 821: ...ering the waveform display 1 to zoom in out 3 Timeline Shows the time scale in seconds 4 Information bar Displays the file name and the length of the selected Sample Click and hold the little play ico...

Page 822: ...sten to your individual Slices by pressing the corresponding pads on your controller Manually Adjusting Slices Using Your Controller Your controller provides a dedicated Slice Edit mode that allows yo...

Page 823: ...rformed on the sample you re slicing the analysis is very quick but will take longer for long audio files Edit Page SLICE Knob 1 Selects the Slice to edit The display will show you which Slice is curr...

Page 824: ...play at a time The Choke Group is also automatically set to 1 so each new pad that is hit will always take priority over the previous one by cancelling it out This behavior can be found on vintage dru...

Page 825: ...7 Removes all Slices APPLY Button 8 Applies the Slices 15 4 5 Applying the Slicing Once you are satisfied with the proposed and or manually adjusted Slices see section 15 4 2 Adjusting the Slicing Set...

Page 826: ...be automatically created for each Slice see below 2 Slice Dragger Drag the Slice Dragger to export the Slices to any other Sound or Group If you drag to a Sound in the Sound List at the left of the Sa...

Page 827: ...the automatic note creation upon Slice export The mode selected here will be used both when clicking the Apply button 1 and when using the Slice Dragger 2 Following options are available Create Patter...

Page 828: ...timing and pitch If you change the tempo of your Project you will hear that the loop automatically adjusts to the new tempo Exporting Single Slices You can also export an individual Slice to another...

Page 829: ...e Sampling Slice screen apply slices to a Sound in a Group where you have not loaded anything to the other Sounds This also works when you start by loading a Sample into a Sound in a Group where you h...

Page 830: ...ill leave Sample mode and return to Control mode The pads will switch to Keyboard mode so that you can directly play your Slices on the pads Additionally depending on the setting of the Pattern Creati...

Page 831: ...ar note This is equivalent to pressing Button 7 APPLY TO and selecting the Sound in which you al ready are preparing the Slices 15 5 Mapping Samples to Zones Mapping Samples is a way to create Sounds...

Page 832: ...y clicking the button with the wave form icon on the left of the Pattern Editor and click the Zone tab to show the Zone page The Zone page here for an empty Sound Opening the ZONE Page on Your Control...

Page 833: ...er 15 5 2 Zone Page Overview The Zone page provides following elements 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Zone page an overview 1 Zone List button Shows hides the Zone List 4 Sampling and Sample Mapping Mapping Samples...

Page 834: ...nes in the Zone List for a complete description of the Zone List 5 Map view Sample view The Map view is the default view pictured above It shows and lets you edit all Zones contained in your Sound The...

Page 835: ...Zones in the list You can adjust the width of the Zone List by dragging its right border Adding a New Zone to the Zone List You can add a new Zone to the Zone List in two ways Drag a Sample from the B...

Page 836: ...r Sound by dragging and dropping Samples directly onto the Sample Map of the Map view See section 15 5 7 Adding Samples to the Sample Map for more on this Replacing the Sample of an Existing Zone You...

Page 837: ...See section 15 5 6 Adjusting the Zone Settings for more information on these settings The focused Zone also appears on the Edit and Slice pages which allows you to further process of its contained Sam...

Page 838: ...Zones in between Press Ctrl A Cmd A on macOS Selects deselects all Zones in the list When deselecting only the focused Zone remains selected Deleting Zones from the List To remove one or more Zone s...

Page 839: ...reorder the Zone List This can come in handy before you run the Map as Drum Kit command from the Sample Map s context menu so that your Sam ples are well ordered in the new mapping See section 15 5 4...

Page 840: ...play position within the waveform on the right display For more information on the Cue channel please refer to section 9 2 6 Using the Cue Bus Removing a Zone On the ZONE page of Sampling mode press...

Page 841: ...Zone You can zoom in out both horizontally and vertically via the zooming scroll bars 3 and 4 respectively Each Zone header displays the name of the corresponding Sample Click a Zone in the Map to put...

Page 842: ...4 Vertical zooming scroll bar Click the main part of the scroll bar and drag your mouse vertically to scroll through the Sam ple Map on the vertical axis velocity or drag it horizontally to zoom in o...

Page 843: ...Zone Simultaneously adjusts the lowest highest note and the lowest highest velocity of the selected Zone s depending on the corner Click inside a Zone and drag Moves the selected Zone s across the Sa...

Page 844: ...Map Map as Drum Kit Reduces the selected Zones to one note over the full velocity range and puts the Zones next to each other upwards from the middle C C3 The actual note assigned to each Zone depends...

Page 845: ...4 and loop markers 5 See below Playhead indicator When the Sample is played back e g by pressing the pad or by click ing the little play icon in the information bar above the waveform a playhead indi...

Page 846: ...can use the scroll wheel of your mouse when hovering the waveform display 1 to zoom in out 4 Play range markers The S and E markers indicate the start and end points of the play range respectively Dr...

Page 847: ...ion of parameters Following parameters are available 1 PLAY RANGE section The parameters in the PLAY RANGE section allow you to adjust the portion of Sample that will be played back when the Zone is t...

Page 848: ...nducing any clicks Alternatively you can also adjust the loop start and end points by dragging the borders of the loop in the Sample view and move the entire loop by dragging its title bar By moving t...

Page 849: ...after being triggered DECAY Adjusts how fast the Sample Slice dies down 5 MAP section The MAP section contains the parameters defining the key and velocity ranges of the Zone Parameter Description KE...

Page 850: ...e The parameters available in the Zone settings are spread over five pages Use the Page buttons on the left of the displays to select the desired page Page 1 PLAY RANGE Parameters The parameters in th...

Page 851: ...y in loop while the note is held The ZONE page on the controller page 2 of 5 LOOP parameters Parameter Description ACTIVE Knob 1 Enable this to define a loop in the Sample of the focused Zone When the...

Page 852: ...loop s start and end points closer to each other you can shrink the loop to very small values on the fly thereby creating very interesting glitch effects in a live sit uation Page 3 TUNE MIX Paramete...

Page 853: ...e whole Sample or to individual Zones for selected Slices The ZONE page on the controller page 4 of 5 ENVELOPE parameters Parameter Description ATTACK Knob 1 Adjusts how quickly the Sample Slice reach...

Page 854: ...can add Samples directly to the Map view of the Zone page To see the Map view make sure that the Sample View button is disabled next to the Zone tab at the top of the Sample Editor If this is not the...

Page 855: ...d Samples to the Sample Map This will create multiple adjacent Zones The width i e key range of these Zones will again depend on where they are dropped in the Sample Map The higher you drop the wider...

Page 856: ...ton 8 LOAD to load the Sample A new Zone is created that contains the added Sample Your controller automatically switches back to Sampling mode and the new Zone is selected and appears on the right di...

Page 857: ...ty and velocity scaling to your personal taste see sec tion 2 6 6 Preferences Plug ins Page to learn how to do that you will have even more fun playing MASCHINE 16 1 3 Check Your CPU Power Before Play...

Page 858: ...ing unexpected or even plain mistakes can be the key for inspiring tracks and performances as well as just jamming around with your Sounds and Samples 16 2 Basic Techniques 16 2 1 Use Mute and Solo Mu...

Page 859: ...ful tool for playing live use it to add some additional drums drop in some effect sounds play a bassline or a melody Note Repeat is also interesting to use with tonal Sounds and you can access it from...

Page 860: ...tude Envelope in the Sampler s Parameter pages see 15 5 4 Selecting and Editing Zones in the Map View 16 3 3 Using Loops to Cycle Through Samples You can use loops to cycle through Samples creating gl...

Page 861: ...Online Support Form to contact the Technical Support team of Na tive Instruments The Online Support Form will ask you to enter information about your hard ware and software setup This information is e...

Page 862: ...act our Registration Support team www native instruments com regsuppfrm 17 4 User Forum In the Native Instruments User Forum you can discuss product features directly with other users and with experts...

Page 863: ...your song Browser The Browser is the front end for accessing all MASCHINE objects Projects Groups Sounds Patterns presets for instrument and effect Plug ins and Samples Each of these can be stor ed t...

Page 864: ...r the selected Sound Group or the Master level routing effects Mac ro Controls etc Control Lane Located at the bottom of the Pattern Editor in the MASCHINE window the Control Lane shows and lets you e...

Page 865: ...ividual Sounds a Group can have insert effects loaded in its Plug in slots These affect all the Sounds in the Group A Group can also contain an unlimited amount of Patterns organized into Pattern Bank...

Page 866: ...acro Controls to which you can assign almost any parameter from that level or the underlying one This way you can define for e g each Group or Sound a set of eight parameters that are quickly accessib...

Page 867: ...ound together If you enter Keyboard mode on the controller Keyboard view gets automatically enabled in the software and inversely Parameter Pages The Parameter pages constitute the biggest part of the...

Page 868: ...apshot of the entire state of MASCHINE Quantization To quantize a Pattern is to make its events snap to a set of equally distributed locations known as steps This ensures that these events are on beat...

Page 869: ...for the effect to proc ess them Send effects notably allow you to reuse the same effect on different Sounds and or Groups thereby limiting the overall CPU load Sequencer Generally speaking a sequence...

Page 870: ...id i e the step size you can adjust the note values at which you can quantize your Pattern and the number of steps available in Step mode on your controller Step Mode In Step mode your controller can...

Page 871: ...RRANGE button 323 Arrange Grid 333 Arranger definition 863 switching views 731 Arranger view 753 definition 28 863 Groups 733 Pattern area 734 Sections 733 Timeline 733 Arranger view button 731 ASIO d...

Page 872: ...ce 858 selecting inputs and outputs 69 settings 68 AUTO button 388 Autoload 137 definition 863 B Base key 227 234 Beat Delay 692 Bit depth exporting audio 216 reducing effect 703 BP2 Filter mode 299 B...

Page 873: ...oftware 745 Section software 772 Color Group 197 Pattern 408 Scene 751 Sound 183 Compressor 643 Control area definition 864 Control Lane 389 definition 864 Control mode definition 864 Controller selec...

Page 874: ...attern software 409 Sound 187 Duplicating Making Sections Unique 768 Dynamics effects 643 E Edit events notes controller 367 EDIT page controller 800 Edit page software 796 Effect categories delays 69...

Page 875: ...n 865 Event Edit mode controller 367 Event Select mode controller 360 Events cut copy paste controller 376 cut copy paste software 374 definition 30 deleting controller 372 deleting software 371 editi...

Page 876: ...rites 143 Add 143 Remove 143 Show 143 FILE button 101 File Management using the controller 101 File type selecting in Browser 122 File Type selector 106 FILES pane 155 Filter 664 Filter Sampler 299 Fi...

Page 877: ...oving 204 multi effect 639 859 muting and soloing 236 naming 197 Output properties Audio page 434 Output properties Aux page 439 pasting 201 rendering audio from 210 saving 199 saving with Samples 207...

Page 878: ...rting your files into the Library 163 Input properties Audio page 429 624 Input Quantization 348 Insert effect 865 K Key 227 234 KEYBOARD button 225 Keyboard mode activating 225 Scale 225 using 225 Ke...

Page 879: ...the controller 101 Lock feature using 262 Lock snapshot basics 262 changing via MIDI 266 creating 262 deleting 265 morphing between snapshots 264 recalling in Lock view 264 triggering via MIDI 266 up...

Page 880: ...automation 462 connecting external equipment 96 controlling parameters via 462 disabling MIDI Lock Change 267 enabling MIDI Lock Change 267 exporting from Pattern 415 importing to Pattern 418 keyboar...

Page 881: ...58 definition 867 Plug in slot 284 Sound or Group 236 MUTE controller 239 N Name Group 197 Pattern 406 Scene 750 Sound slot 183 Native Instruments Plug ins 306 Native Kontrol Standard 58 NKS 58 Note R...

Page 882: ...ties Audio page 434 443 Aux page 439 Overdub mode controller 341 P Pad mode options 16 Velocities 224 Fixed Velocity 224 Pad modes definition 867 Pad modes controller 223 Pad sensitivity 90 Pads Choke...

Page 883: ...370 moving events notes software 364 moving events notes in Step mode control ler 352 nudging events notes controller 352 369 370 nudging events notes software 366 paste content software 410 paste eve...

Page 884: ...hift 383 setting Random mode note distribution across Pattern 383 setting Random mode note length 383 setting Random mode note number per chord 383 setting Random mode note range 382 setting Random mo...

Page 885: ...64 Hardware page 90 Library page 77 MIDI page 71 Plug ins page 85 Prehear 138 139 definition 868 Pre listening Samples 138 139 Preset External Plug ins 315 Native Instruments Plug ins 315 saving Plug...

Page 886: ...9 Reflex 682 Rendering audio 210 Replace mode controller 342 Reset Sound slot 192 Resize events notes controller 352 370 events notes software 364 Pattern controller 335 Pattern software 334 Resochord...

Page 887: ...ing software 831 832 recording software 784 slicing software 810 Saturator 705 Save Group 199 Group with Samples 207 Plug in preset 288 Project with Samples 208 Sound 185 Save button 101 Saving files...

Page 888: ...ecting controller 759 760 selecting software 756 Section bank creating hardware 773 creating software 773 deleting controller 773 selecting controller 759 760 selecting software 756 Sections moving so...

Page 889: ...moving 190 muting and soloing 236 naming 183 Output properties Audio page 434 Output properties Aux page 439 Output properties MIDI page 470 pasting 187 rendering audio from 210 resetting slot 192 sa...

Page 890: ...Sub Types 153 creating 154 Take Undo Redo 38 39 TAP Metro button 346 TAP button 247 Tape saturation 707 Template Project plug in 76 stand alone 76 Tempo Tap 247 Text search using in Browser 131 Thresh...

Page 891: ...adding to Pattern 381 applying settings to selected Sound 381 Humanize mode parameters 381 Random mode parameters 382 Velocity scaling 90 View switching 31 VST plug ins 306 VST AU definition 868 Z Zon...

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